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Liam Byrne vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,281 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,216 different votes 1,281 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
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 11% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
52 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 108 shared votes
54 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
10 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 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
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
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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