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Liam Byrne vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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 Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,278 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,278 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
19 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
60 Aye 106 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
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
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
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
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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