Official portrait of Liam Byrne

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.

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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 No vote 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No vote 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No vote 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No vote 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No vote 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu No vote 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 No vote 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No vote 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No vote 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 No 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) Aye 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 No vote 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D Aye 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 against party line Aye 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion against party line No 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 Aye 366–98

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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