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Liam Byrne vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,418 shared comparable votes.

1,406 same votes 12 different votes 1,418 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
112 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No
107 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
107 Aye 55 No
62 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
62 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
42 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
42 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 86% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 15 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 32 No
Trade 99% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 92 No
Migration 99% aligned 121 shared votes
28 Aye 93 No
112 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
112 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
76.9%
5% above average
Rank 267 of 650
1,581
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,842
2,396 eligible divisions
874
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,015
55.1% of votes cast
707
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
60
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 650
66
-85.4 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
61
-90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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

Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#1
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
Aye
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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