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Liam Byrne vs Sir Mel Stride

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,209 different votes 1,265 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
110 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 169 shared votes
62 Aye 107 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 17 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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