Ian Byrne, MP for Liverpool West Derby
Ian Byrne has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 2025 | |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 2025 to now | Now |
| Football Governance Bill | 2024 | |
| Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 2022 | |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 2021 | |
| Building Safety Bill | 2021 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Ian Byrne has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Chair of the Cross-Party Group for Social Work. This is an unpaid role. | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Social Workers Union (SWU) and British Association of Social Workers (BASW) - £4,868.12 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the management committee, Spirit of Shankly, which promotes the interests of football supporters. | 10 Jan 2020 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Ian Byrne asked 91 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
76 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Ian Byrne represents Liverpool West Derby. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Ian Byrne won with 67% of the votes, and Jack Boyd (Reform UK) came second with 13%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Byrne | Labour | 25,302 | 66.6% |
| Jack Boyd | Reform UK | 4,879 | 12.8% |
| Maria Coughlan | Green Party | 2,647 | 7.0% |
| Steve Radford | Liberal | 2,336 | 6.1% |
| Charlotte Duthie | Conservative | 1,566 | 4.1% |
| Kayleigh Halpin | Liberal Democrat | 1,276 | 3.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Ian Byrne took part in 214 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Ian Byrne voted the same way as their party in 205 of the 213 votes where parties gave instructions (96%), and went the other way in 8.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (8)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | For |
| 28 Apr | New rules: Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) | Against | For |
| 28 Apr | Privilege | For | Against |
| 15 Apr | Children's wellbeing and schools: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
| 14 Apr | Crime and policing: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
| 10 Mar | Courts and tribunals: the first main vote | Against | For |
| 10 Mar | Courts and tribunals: an attempt to block it | For | Against |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 93% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 92% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 71% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this