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Liam Byrne vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,128 different votes 1,184 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
9 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
40 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
108 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
64 Aye 105 No
32 Aye 7 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 149 shared votes
47 Aye 102 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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