Ian Byrne MP: votes, interests and costs
Ian Byrne represents Liverpool West Derby in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 12 December 2019.
Offices and committees
Ian Byrne sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 21 May 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
| Football Governance Bill | 8 May 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill | 14 December 2022 | 11 January 2023 |
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 20 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 1 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 |
| Building Safety Bill | 9 September 2021 | 26 October 2021 |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 11 May 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 225e73aec706.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Ian Byrne, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (2), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). Latest registration 19 February 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Chair of the Cross-Party Group for Social Work. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-10-21
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Social Workers Union (SWU) and British Association of Social Workers (BASW) - £4,868.12
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 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 of the benefit: £4,868.12
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-21
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-21
- Name of the donor: Social Workers Union (SWU) and British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Member of the management committee, Spirit of Shankly, which promotes the interests of football supporters.
- The type of interest: Other
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £213,132 for Ian Byrne in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £231,660. IPSA lists office spending of £24,477 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £213,131.86 | £231,659.97 | £198,530.22 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,476.86 | £28,583.67 | £21,027.72 |
| Accommodation: spent | £32,172.41 | £30,364.92 | £27,921.48 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £15,111.93 | £18,763.23 | £15,329.64 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Liverpool West Derby BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Secretary (permanent full time), Administrative Officer ×2 (fixed term part time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Ian Byrne voted in the House of Commons: 443 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 46 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Ian Byrne voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Ian Byrne has tabled 245 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade , Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Treasury and 2 other departments.
Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing an equivalent paid paternity entitlement to self-employed fathers and partners who are not eligib …
Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his policy to (a) increase the statutory entitlement to paternity leave to at least six weeks and (b) to pay that leave at 90 percent of average weekly earnings.
Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the rate of Statutory Paternity Pay on (a) take-up of paternity leave and (b) the amount of paternity leave …
Climate Change: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of nature-based solutions, including peatland restoration and reconnecting rivers with floodplains, on reducing flood, drought and …
Antidumping Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, for what reason has the Trade Remedies Authority has initiated an interim review into potential changes to anti-dumping duties.
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact to the public purse of the trends in the level of money collected from beer duty paid over the past year compared to 2022-23.
Swimming: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will cut the VAT on swimming lessons for children.
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform surrogacy law to provide a pathway under which intended parents can become the legal parents of a child from birth, with appropria …
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to end the leasehold system during this Parliament; and what steps it plans to take to deliver that policy following pre-legislative scrutiny of the …
Leasehold: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for full implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 on the human rights …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3ed900965fdb. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Ian Byrne.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Liverpool West Derby returned Ian Byrne with a majority of 20,423: 25,302 votes, 66.6% of those cast, against 4,879 for Jack Boyd. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Liverpool West Derby figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.