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Liam Byrne vs Paulette Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 647 shared comparable votes.

647 same votes 0 different votes 647 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
20 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
20 Aye 83 No
62 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
62 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
20 Aye 83 No
62 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
62 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
884
1,200 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
436
49.3% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

56
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
57
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
68
-94.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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