This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.

Liam Byrne

Labour MP for Birmingham, Hodge Hill

• Chief Secretary, HM Treasury (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 15 July 2004 — Byelection
• Majority: 5,449 votes. — 297th out of 643 MPs.

• Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
• Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
• Email me whenever Liam Byrne speaks (no more than once per day)
• Help us add video by matching a speech by Liam Byrne

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Liam Byrne voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Home Department, Education and Skills, Deputy Prime Minister, Health, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Drugs, Departmental Budget, Fixed Penalty Notices, Graffiti, Housing Renewal (Birmingham)

(based on written questions asked by Liam Byrne and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Mental Capacity Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009)

“Since the pre-Budget report, more than 3 million people have been moved off unemployment benefits. Across the country, a targeted effort has been made to assist those communities most hit by unemployment, including initiatives such as the working neighbourhoods fund, which is worth more than £1 billion, and the new £1 billion future jobs fund designed to create 150,000 jobs.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009)

“As I am sure my hon. Friend would agree, the best route out of poverty remains the prospect of work, which is why we have been so determined over the past year to take combined action on monetary policy and fiscal policy, which together are now supporting about 500,000 jobs. However, in addition, we realise that some communities need targeted help, which is why the future jobs fund will seek...”

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Unemployment (3 Nov 2009)

“The truth is that the recession is hitting different countries differently. If we look at the United States, the unemployment rate is 10 per cent; if we look at France, the unemployment rate is 10 per cent; and if we look at Germany and Japan, the fall in their respective gross domestic product is greater than ours. The fact that we have been able to put in place a fiscal stimulus worth 4 per...”

More of Liam Byrne's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Numerology

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 28 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 113 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Liam Byrne speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 270 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,856 (402nd). Rail £4,566 (203rd). Misc £417 (76th).

^** Car £1,845 (438th). Rail £4,491 (203rd).