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Liam Byrne vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 907 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 872 different votes 907 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
29 Aye 18 No
Trade 6% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
103 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
51 Aye 106 No
6 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 85 No
Migration 0% aligned 107 shared votes
85 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

45
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
62
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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