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Andy McDonald vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Michael Payne voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 13 different votes 418 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 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 94% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 97% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 98% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
1,836
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
1,018
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.3% of votes cast
818
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.7% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
28
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
140
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Contributions
31
-138.2 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Transport
84 of 98 votes
#5
Tax
111 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API