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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 100% of the time, based on 663 shared comparable votes.

660 same votes 3 different votes 663 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 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
65 Aye 45 No
69 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 93 shared votes
69 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
65 Aye 45 No
69 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 93 shared votes
69 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 517 of 647
Participation
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 143 of 647
1,522
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
547 eligible divisions
850
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.3 % of votes cast
672
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.7 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 11 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
48
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Contributions
42
-75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 508 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
4
3 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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
131 of 169 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API