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Liam Byrne

Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, since 15 July 2004

The Rt Hon Liam Byrne is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, and has been an MP continually since 15 July 2004.

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Scorecard

63.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
363 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
212 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
4 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
7 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
635 Debates spoken in 854 written questions tabled

Ranked 464 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No vote 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part Aye 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No vote 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No vote 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No vote 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No vote 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No vote 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No vote 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No vote 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No vote 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No vote 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading Aye 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No vote 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 Aye 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 Aye 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 Aye 318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £820 Audio narration for book.
Received on: 2 July 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Payment: £4,100 Further advance on a book.
Received on: 31 March 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 22 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Payment: £4,100 Further advance of £4,100 on book contract from Zeus.
Received on: 13 January 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 3 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Payment: £4,100 Advance for book
Received on: 1 June 2025. Hours: 40 hrs.
(Registered 17 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: Head of Zeus – UK, 5-8 Hardwick Street, London EC1R 4RG

On the register since 21 Nov 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: Kings Buildings, 16 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotels, flights, food and transport, value £4,738
Destination of visit: China
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 30 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend the 14th UK-China Senior Leadership Forum.
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£5,435

Name of donor: OECD
Address of donor: 2 rue André Pascal, 75116 Paris, France
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flight (£5,100) and hotel (£335), value £5,435
Destination of visit: South Korea
Dates of visit: 13 April 2026 to 17 April 2026
Purpose of visit: To give keynote address at the fourth Annual Meeting of Asian Parliamentary Budget Officials.
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

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Debates

635 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

5 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £17,953 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
24 May 2026 The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP sitting MP Great Britain China Centre Other Visit £4,738
13 Apr 2026 The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP sitting MP OECD Other Visit £5,435
16 Jun 2025 The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP sitting MP Trevor Chinn Individual Cash £2,500
20 Apr 2025 The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP sitting MP The World Bank & International Monetary Fund Other Visit £2,627
19 Oct 2024 The Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP sitting MP Parliamentary Network World Bank &… Other Visit £2,653

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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