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Liam Byrne vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 829 shared comparable votes.

829 same votes 0 different votes 829 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
79 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
79 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 65 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
23 Aye 65 No
44 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 87 shared votes
44 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
79 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 65 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
23 Aye 65 No
44 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 87 shared votes
44 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

46
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
63
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 649
Contributions
5
-137.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API