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Mary Kelly Foy vs Liam Byrne

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Liam Byrne voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 854 shared comparable votes.

843 same votes 11 different votes 854 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
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No
73 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
73 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 21 No
Benefits 85% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
27 Aye 76 No
73 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
73 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 650
1,121
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
563
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.3% of votes cast
558
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
711
44.7% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
49
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
72
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
39 of 45 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API