Birmingham Hodge Hill & Solihull North / data
Liam Byrne · Labour Party · sitting since 15 Jul 2004 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
7953days
from 15 Jul 2004
Divisions
299
of 504 possible
Attendance
59%
205 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
112
48 debates
Written Qs
144
143 answered
Committees
6
2 chair
Expenses
£286k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 249 claims
Interests
5
3 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 70 | |
| Taxation | 66 | |
| Employment | 42 | |
| Crime & Policing | 30 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 27 | |
| Education | 23 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 20 | |
| Business | 16 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 31 | 18,304 |
| Defence | 16 | 8,603 |
| Energy | 10 | 7,256 |
| Technology | 7 | 5,030 |
| Social Care | 5 | 4,955 |
| Labour Market | 5 | 4,074 |
| Fiscal Policy | 5 | 3,499 |
| Education | 3 | 3,005 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 16 May 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10Vote on whether to allow employers who opt out of providing assisted dying to also prohibit their employees from participating in assisted d… | Free vote | Aye |
| 16 May 2025 | Closure motionA closure motion was voted on to end debate and force an immediate vote on the matter under discussion. Closure motions are a procedural too… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillI am grateful for that intervention, because the hon. Lady made my second point for me. It is just not good enough to will the ends and not the means. The reality is that, after al… Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLabour Market | 116 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillMy last point, as I mentioned in my intervention, is that I was heartened to hear the Minister’s commitment at the Dispatch Box that we will proceed with reform of that clarificati… Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLabour Market | 157 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillI can advance only my own analysis of what will be needed. Indeed, it is part of a wider Business and Trade Committee inquiry, which will produce a report in a couple of weeks, on … Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLabour Market | 122 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillI rise to say a couple of things in support of the Minister, who not only has done a heroic job in laying out the intellectual architecture for the legislation before he got to the… Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLabour Market | 330 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension Schemes BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on stewarding the Bill with such expertise, and I very much hope that the cultural change that he is hoping for sticks and that we do not just get an … Fiscal PolicyEconomy JobsLabour Market | 157 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)I want to turn quickly to the economic security that underpins our national security. Right now, do you think that the Government are being clear enough with business, which needs … | 47 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)One thing we could do now is introduce a really hard ban on goods from illegal settlements, but at the moment Ministers seem to be supplying my Committee with letters without real,… | 42 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)President Trump is talking about days and weeks for this conflict to end; the markets are pricing now for a disruption that lasts for some months. I know you have to be very carefu… | 83 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)How do we co-ordinate those discussions with Europe to help safeguard against coercion from China, restrictions on rare earths, for example, and dumping by over-subsidised Chinese … | 51 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)Is it not now time to bring that discussion to a close, and take a decision that is in the interests of our manufacturers and small businesses? Small businesses will see an increas… | 78 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)One of the ways that we can strengthen the security of our defence industrial base is by joining the European Partnership on defence procurement—SAFE—and co-ordinating our defence … | 59 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)Do you think that we can bring that decision to a conclusion soon, one way or the other? | 18 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)Just to give you an example of the confusion that bedevils us at the moment, as recently as last year we were saying that we absolutely needed primary steelmaking capabilities as a… | 116 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)The biggest threat to business right now is from spiking gilt prices that are driving up interest rates. They are rising in part due to the expectation of a costly energy subsidy f… | 78 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Liaison Committee (Commons) — Oral Evidence (HC 530)Then will you revisit the decision made by Ministers a couple of weeks ago to not publish a list of sovereign capabilities? We are expecting businesses to be psychic at the moment … | 52 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Business and Trade | 48 | 33.3% |
| Treasury | 18 | 12.5% |
| Cabinet Office | 12 | 8.3% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 11 | 7.6% |
| Ministry of Defence | 10 | 6.9% |
| Home Office | 7 | 4.9% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 6 | 4.2% |
| Attorney General | 5 | 3.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for patient safety of A&E departments operating above 100% capacity; and what steps he is taking to address capacity issues at Birming… | Pending |
| 03 Feb 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the level of the tarrifs avoided on an annual basis as a result of the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal based on the following assumptions: (a) 100… | Answered |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to question 106487, what the value is of tariff duties the UK has not incurred through the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal. | Answered |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the increase in UK GDP will be from the upgraded UK-Republic of Korea agreement. | Answered |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value is of tariff duties the UK has avoided on its goods exports through the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal and any related updates to this agreement. | Answered |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which (a) Department and (b) Minister have lead responsibility for the implementation of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal; and what (i) cross-government structures and (ii) processes a… | Answered |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his Department expects the impact to be on UK GDP from an upgraded UK-Republic of Turkey agreement. | Answered |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the UK-US Technology Prosperity Deal has been suspended. | Answered |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to reply to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North of 3 December 2025, reference LB49226. | Answered |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to my letter of the 4th of December 2025, reference LB46770,on the Birmingham pub bombings. | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Employment Savings Trust pilot scheme of autoenrollment savings accounts. | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to (a) support and (b) provide funding to the Pax Silica programme of the US Department of State. | Answered |
| 12 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to his reply to parliamentary answer 97104 if he will set out his CDEL allocation in a table, programme by programme for each year for which budgets are av… | Answered |
| 05 Dec 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects HS2 Limited to complete its review of the timetable for releasing land for redevelopment at the Washwood Heath rolling stock maintenance yard. | Answered |
| 04 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy papers entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 30 June 2025, and Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, what their Department’s capital Departmental Expenditur… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy StatementsSelect | Member | Commons | 11 Jun 2025 | present |
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsSelect | Chair | Commons | 05 Mar 2025 | present |
| Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsSelect | Member | Commons | 05 Mar 2025 | present |
| Liaison Committee (Commons)Select | Member | Commons | 04 Dec 2024 | present |
| Business and Trade CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 11 Sept 2024 | present |
| Business and Trade CommitteeSelect | Chair | Commons | 11 Sept 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 205 | 33,929 | 11.9% |
| Staffing | 8 | 224,123 | 78.3% |
| Accommodation | 17 | 19,690 | 6.9% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 5,277 | 1.8% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 3,078 | 1.1% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 49 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 7 | 18,590 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 40 | 4,496 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 14 | 3,480 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 22 | 2,959 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 15 | 2,765 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 23 | 1,929 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Office Costs | 1 | 1,750 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 10 | 1,507 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 2 | 1,505 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 37 | 1,378 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 4 | 1,225 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 2 | 1,117 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,500 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | VIKING [200011725-7823] | -2 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 6,077 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | HoC paper copied as Banner are out of stock | 576 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 162 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | FOREIGN AFFAIRS MAG [200011725-9237] | 48 | Paid |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA [200011725-9011] | 12 | Paid |
| 22 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE ADOBE [200011725-5894] | 16 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD [200011725-6669] | 26 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Envelope Stuffing | 176 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 313 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Gas | 112 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 1,920 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Insurance - contents | March instalment of contents insurance | 56 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy | 2,019 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | HOC headed paper printed as HOC suppliers have none in stock | 252 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 50 | Paid |
| 08 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | BUFFER PLAN [200011725-6133] | 35 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Gas | 373 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | LEMONDE.FR [200011725-2983] | 38 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings3 entries
24 Feb 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)
05 Aug 2025
Payment: £4,100 Advance for book
Received on: 1 June 2025. Hours: 40 hrs.
(Registered 17 July 2025)
21 Nov 2024
Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: Head of Zeus – UK, 5-8 Hardwick Street, London EC1R 4RG
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)1 entry
01 Jul 2025
Name of donor: Sir Trevor Chinn
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 16 June 2025
Date accepted: 16 June 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 30 June 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: The World Bank & International Monetary Fund
Address of donor: 66 Avenue d'Iéna, 75116 Paris, France
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1658.82), hotel (£821.28), transport (£147.34), value £2,627.44
Destination of visit: United States (Washington DC)
Dates of visit: 20 April 2025 to 22 April 2025
Purpose of visit: In my capacity as Chair of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, to attend the organisations spring meetings.
(Registered 22 May 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 10 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromford Hodge Hill | Diane Donaldson | Labour Party | 2,405 | 05 May 2022 |
| Bromford Hodge Hill | Majid Mahmood | Labour Party | 2,434 | 05 May 2022 |
| Castle Bromwich | Martin Henry Thomas McCarthy | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,742 | 02 May 2024 |
| Garretts Green | Saddak Miah | Labour Party | 1,301 | 05 May 2022 |
| Glebe Farm Tile Cross | John Cotton | Labour Party | 1,704 | 05 May 2022 |
| Glebe Farm Tile Cross | Marje Bridle | Labour Party | 1,862 | 05 May 2022 |
| Heartlands | Shafique Shah | Labour Party | 1,672 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shard End | Ian Antony Ward | Labour Party | 854 | 05 May 2022 |
| Smiths Wood | Jean Hamilton | Green Party of England and Wales | 939 | 02 May 2024 |
| Ward End | Bushra Bi | Labour Party | 1,186 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 127,962 | Electorate 77,737 (2024) |
| Median age | 32 | years |
| Degree-educated | 19.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 47.9% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 55.6% | households |
| Private-rented | 16.3% | households |
| Social-rented | 27.7% | households |
| Employment rate | 47.7% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.