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Liam Byrne vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 721 shared comparable votes.

717 same votes 4 different votes 721 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
65 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
65 Aye 49 No
70 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
70 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
65 Aye 49 No
70 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
70 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
619 eligible divisions
878
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.7% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.3% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Appearances
7
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
Contributions
7
-147.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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