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Liam Byrne vs Sarah Russell

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 Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sarah Russell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 5 different votes 343 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
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
43 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,600
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
631 eligible divisions
886
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
266
50.9% of votes cast
714
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
257
49.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Appearances
95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
77
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
136
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 284 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 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
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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