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Liam Byrne vs Steve Darling

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 Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Steve Darling voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 197 different votes 238 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 24 No
Tax 3% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 11 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 507 of 649
Participation
67.2%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,553
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
579 eligible divisions
865
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
54.2% of votes cast
688
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.8% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
140
+61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
57
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Contributions
192
+54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
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