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Liam Byrne vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,076 shared comparable votes.

1,071 same votes 5 different votes 1,076 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
90 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
90 Aye 48 No
29 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
29 Aye 95 No
49 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
49 Aye 55 No
31 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
90 Aye 48 No
29 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
29 Aye 95 No
49 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
49 Aye 55 No
31 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 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
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 84 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,437
1,688 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
758
52.7% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
679
47.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
84
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
72
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Contributions
97
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
53 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Education
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
143 of 154 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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