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Alex Burghart vs Michael Payne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Michael Payne voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 320 different votes 321 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
45 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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