Voting Record — Liam Byrne MP, Birmingham, Hodge Hill (11360)

Liam Byrne is currently Member, Liaison Committee (Commons), Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee), Chair, Business and Trade Committee and Chair, Business and Trade Committee

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	1 vote out of 116, 0.9%	116 votes out of 179, 64.8%	0 times
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 716, 0.0%	716 votes out of 1069, 67.0%	0 times
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 335, 0.3%	335 votes out of 463, 72.4%	0 times
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 261, 0.4%	261 votes out of 467, 55.9%	0 times
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	0 votes out of 707, 0.0%	707 votes out of 1239, 57.1%	0 times
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	7 votes out of 1038, 0.7%	1038 votes out of 1288, 80.6%	0 times
Birmingham, Hodge Hill	15 Jul 2004	11 Apr 2005	Lab	2 votes out of 220, 0.9%	220 votes out of 272, 80.9%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
4 Dec 2024	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
2 Dec 2024	Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Commons	29 Nov 2024	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Business and Trade Committee
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Business and Trade Committee
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Business and Trade Committee
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Business and Trade Committee
House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Business and Trade Committee
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Business and Trade Committee
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Business and Trade Committee
30 May 2024	Stopped being Chair, Business and Trade Committee
8 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee
1 May 2024	Became Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee
15 Jan 2024	Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
19 Dec 2023	Became Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government
28 Nov 2023	Stopped being Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
18 Oct 2023	Became Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
18 Oct 2023	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
18 Oct 2023	Became Chair, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
18 Oct 2023	Became Chair, Business and Trade Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
18 Oct 2023	Became Chair, Business and Trade Committee
18 Oct 2023	Became Chair, Business and Trade Committee
29 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee
27 Nov 2022	Stopped being Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls
19 Oct 2022	Became Member, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee
25 Jan 2022	Became Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls
5 Jan 2022	Became Member, Foreign Affairs Committee
10 Apr 2020	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy),
House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Jun 2018	National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway	minority	aye	Rebel
17 Jul 2017	Became Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Digital Economy),
House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, International Trade Committee
31 Oct 2016	Became Member, International Trade Committee
Commons	15 Jun 2016	Draft West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016	Majority	no	Rebel
12 Sep 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
7 Oct 2013	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
7 Oct 2013	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
20 Jan 2011	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
20 Jan 2011	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
8 Oct 2010	Stopped being Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
12 May 2010	Became Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
6 May 2010	Stopped being The Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
6 Jun 2009	Became The Chief Secretary to the Treasury,
5 Jun 2009	Stopped being Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
6 Oct 2008	Stopped being Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (West Midlands),
3 Oct 2008	Became Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
3 Oct 2008	Stopped being Minister of State (Home Office) (Borders and Immigration),
3 Oct 2008	Stopped being Minister of State (HM Treasury) (also in the Home Office),
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
25 Jan 2008	Became Minister of State (HM Treasury) (also in the Home Office),
29 Jun 2007	Became Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (West Midlands),
28 Jun 2007	Became Minister of State (Home Office) (Borders and Immigration),
28 Jun 2007	Stopped being Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration and Asylum),
9 May 2007	Became Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration and Asylum),
8 May 2007	Stopped being Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality),
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
22 May 2006	Became Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality),
22 May 2006	Stopped being Minister of State (Home Office),
5 May 2006	Became Minister of State (Home Office),
5 May 2006	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (Care Services),
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
10 May 2005	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (Care Services),
House	Date	Subject	Liam Byrne	Lab Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, European Scrutiny Committee
22 Feb 2005	Became Member, European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	no	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
17%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
84%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
71%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
73%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
18%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
17%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
85%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
75%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
32%	Closed Material Proceedure
32%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
25%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
26%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
75%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
79%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
58%	Employment rights
29%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
87%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
11%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
76%	Fire Safety
51%	Fixed Term Parliaments
69%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
74%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
56%	Further devolution to Scotland
71%	Further devolution to Wales
45%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
13%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
67%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
32%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
73%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
72%	HS2 - In Favour
76%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
64%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
50%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
27%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
29%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
10%	Increase the state pension age
15%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
4%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
86%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25%	Localise Council Tax Support
41%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
54%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
88%	Mansion Tax
80%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
37%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
84%	Minimum Wage
85%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
67%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
31%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
85%	Nuclear power - For
74%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
24%	Police and Crime Commissioners
100%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
0%	Post office closures - against
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
15%	Privatise Royal Mail
47%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
95%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
38%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Reduce capital gains tax
15%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
14%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
25%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
46%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
38%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
75%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
1%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
14%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
23%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
10%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
71%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
78%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
20%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
73%	Smoking ban - In favour
77%	State control of bus services
74%	Stop climate change
70%	Support current and former armed service members
33%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
20%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
15%	Tougher on illegal immigration
14%	Trade Unions - Restrict
61%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
50%	University education fees - Should be free
3%	University Tuition Fees - For
59%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
71%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
71%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Liam Byrne MP, Birmingham, Hodge Hill (11360)

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