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Mark Garnier vs Liam Byrne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Liam Byrne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,343 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,278 different votes 1,343 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
67 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 173 shared votes
111 Aye 62 No
12 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 32 No
Education 5% aligned 44 shared votes
34 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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