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Liam Byrne vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,224 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,179 different votes 1,224 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 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
53 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 107 shared votes
55 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
121 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 177 shared votes
56 Aye 121 No
23 Aye 91 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
91 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
191
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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