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Andrew Cooper vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 0 different votes 426 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
57 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
57 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
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
57 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
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

91.9%
19% above average
Rank 11 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
542
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
271
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
271
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
119
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 268 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

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
0
0 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API