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Liam Byrne vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,025 shared comparable votes.

1,025 same votes 0 different votes 1,025 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
86 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
86 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
23 Aye 94 No
44 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
44 Aye 55 No
32 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
86 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
23 Aye 94 No
44 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 99 shared votes
44 Aye 55 No
32 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 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
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
52.0% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
650
48.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

55
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
60
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
72
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
85
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
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 Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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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