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Alison McGovern vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 0 different votes 305 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
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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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