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Liam Byrne vs Rebecca Smith

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
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Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 227 different votes 239 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
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
42 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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