Labour Party MP for Liverpool West Derby.
One of Labour's more rebellious backbenchers, Ian Byrne has voted against his party five times since April 2026 alone — opposing the Immigration and Asylum Bill at Second Reading, backing a motion to refer Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee, and defying the whip on asylum-seeker accommodation rules and planning delegation regulations. His rebel record sits within a broader pattern: his voting deviates most sharply from Labour on welfare, where he is 65 percentage points more likely to oppose benefit cuts than the average Labour MP, and on disability benefit cuts, where the gap is 59 points.
At 71% participation, Byrne votes slightly below the Commons average, but he is a notably active speaker — 142 contributions across 69 debates, with social care, defence, the economy, and cost-of-living dominating his speeches. He votes with Labour 93.6% of the time overall, but his stance profile flags consistent dissent on workers' rights and civil liberties, and near-total resistance to Lords scrutiny and parliamentary scrutiny measures as defined by the available data. On progressive taxation he scores 100% aligned, suggesting his rebellions are targeted rather than generalised.
Beyond the voting record, Byrne has been a prominent campaigner on two specific issues rooted in Liverpool's history. He gathered 138 MP signatures for a cross-party effort to reintroduce a stronger version of the Hillsborough Law, publicly criticising the government's version as watered down, and has led Right to Food Commission work following his founding of Fans Supporting Foodbanks. No committee roles are recorded. News sentiment data for the most recent 90 days is insufficient to assess current local coverage trends.
Ian Byrne is the Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where Byrne broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
| Date | Bill / motion | Vote | Whip |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 | Yes | vs party |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading | No | vs party |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 | No | vs party |
Source · Hansard
“Second jobs are grift, not graft. Public office is not a business model; MPs should have singular loyalty to constituents. Ban second jobs with only genuine public interest exempti…”
“Large profitable companies should not rely on state subsidies through universal credit to top up poverty wages, and employers with 250+ staff should be required to report worker de…”
“Insists the Bill must apply fully to all public bodies including security services with no exemptions; his Amendment 23, backed by 70+ MPs and campaigners, would remove the carve-o…”
“The Hillsborough law carry-over motion is welcome but must be delivered in full without carve-outs; negative media briefings undermine the campaign.”
Byrne holds no select-committee seat this session. New 2024-intake MPs typically wait one term before being appointed.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 60 | 28.8% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 29 | 13.9% |
| Department for Education | 25 | 12.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 17 | 8.2% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 12 | 5.8% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 10 | 4.8% |
| Department for Transport | 9 | 4.3% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 8 | 3.8% |
When his Department expects NHS England to publish reliable national data on the number of patients receiving care in corridors, waiting rooms, ambulance queues and other temporary care environments; and whether that data will be published at trust level.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding made available for Continuing Professional Development for social workers employed by the NHS.
Awaiting answer.
What assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of corridor care in NHS hospital trusts serving Merseyside; and what support is being provided to those trusts to reduce the use of inappropriate temporary care environments.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that commitments to end corridor care are supported by sufficient NHS bed capacity, safe staffing levels, ambulance handover improvements, social care capacity and community health services.
Awaiting answer.
Social Workers Union (SWU) and British Association of Social Workers (BASW) 21 October 2025 |
Chair of the Cross-Party Group for Social Work. This is an unpaid role.
Chair of the Cross-Party Group for Social Work. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 21 October 2025
(Registered 19 February 2026) |
Member of the management committee, Spirit of Shankly, which promotes the intere Member of the management committee, Spirit of Shankly, which promotes the interests of football supporters.
(Registered 10 January 2020) |
Source · Members API · Last amended 24 Feb 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 225,964 | 75.8% |
| Accommodation | 32,172 | 10.8% |
| Office Costs | 24,769 | 8.3% |
| MP Travel | 10,338 | 3.5% |
| Staff Travel | 4,373 | 1.5% |
| Total · 209 claims | 298,018 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Byrne on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Liverpool West Derby | 25,302 | 66.6% | Won |
| 2019 | Liverpool West Derby | 34,117 | 77.6% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian ByrneWON | Lab | 25,302 | 66.6 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Liverpool West Derby →