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Liam Byrne vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sarah Olney voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 870 shared comparable votes.

668 same votes 202 different votes 870 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
13 Aye 89 No
Migration 98% aligned 102 shared votes
11 Aye 91 No
38 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 93% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 36% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 47% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
71 Aye 39 No
Tax 55% aligned 110 shared votes
67 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 61% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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