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Alex Mayer vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Alex Mayer
Alex Mayer
Lab Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
vs
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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Alex Mayer and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

438 same votes 1 different votes 439 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
58 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
58 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 101 shared votes
58 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

95.3%
23% above average
Rank 1 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
562
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
281
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
281
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,550
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£198,550
12% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API