Ian Byrne — Hear, Hear

Voting record

2

Voted for

4

Voted against

3

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Ian Byrne’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 49%

How often Ian Byrne voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Ian Byrne — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Ian Byrne →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Social Workers Union (SWU) and British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
Address of donor: SWU Head Office Wellesley House 37 Waterloo Street B2 5PP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In my capacity as Chair of the new Cross-Party Group for Social Work, I sponsored an event hosted by Campaign Collective for the Social Workers Union (SWU) and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), showcasing their important work to MPs, value £4,868.12
Date received: 21 October 2025
Date accepted: 21 October 2025
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 2 February 2026)

Employment & business

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the management committee, Spirit of Shankly, which promotes the interests of football supporters.
(Registered 10 January 2020)

Chair of the Cross-Party Group for Social Work. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 21 October 2025
(Registered 19 February 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Ian Byrne yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Ian Byrne has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£325,842.95 paid out to or for Ian Byrne across 286 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Ian Byrne’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £244,799.36 (14 claims)

Office Costs — £33,563.67 (248 claims)

Accommodation — £32,367.99 (18 claims)

MP Travel — £10,337.53 (3 claims)

Staff Travel — £4,372.75 (2 claims)

Dependant Travel — £401.65 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Training - staff — £1,555.00, 2026-03-31 — Media and press

Equipment - purchase — £498.99, 2026-03-31 — Other office equipment

Equipment - purchase — £249.00, 2026-03-31 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories

Bought-in services — £2,640.00, 2026-03-30 — Professional & consultancy

Cleaning services — £300.00, 2026-03-30 — Office

Utilities — £75.55, 2026-03-23 — Gas

Stationery & printing — £119.47, 2026-03-12 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for Ian Byrne →

Early Day Motions

Ian Byrne has tabled 4 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 161 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Ian Byrne personally tabled — not motions Ian Byrne may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled

Independent Office for Police Conduct findings on Norman Bettison — tabled 2026-09-09, 46 sponsors

Future of GP services in England — tabled 2026-06-09, 20 sponsors

Hillsborough Law — tabled 2026-05-13, 63 sponsors

Seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz — tabled 2026-04-23, 32 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Ian Byrne is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Acquired Brain Injury — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motor Neurone Disease — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group — Officer

Declared funding: Health Equity North (£30,001-31,500).

Friends of CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Health Equity North — about £30,750.50 across 1 group (Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Health Equity North — about £30,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Ian Byrne personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Ian Byrne is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.