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Liam Byrne vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 982 different votes 1,051 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 5 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 77 No
Migration 9% aligned 97 shared votes
68 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 28 No
Transport 7% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

45
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
62
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
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