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Liam Byrne vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,233 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
18 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
92 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 142 shared votes
54 Aye 88 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
10 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
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
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
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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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