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Liam Byrne vs Steve Yemm

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 Yemm
Steve Yemm
Lab Mansfield

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Steve Yemm voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

378 same votes 5 different votes 383 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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 497 of 650
Participation
92.9%
21% above average
Rank 7 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
576
620 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
50.3% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
286
49.7% 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

56
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
73
-89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
118
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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

Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 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: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 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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