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Dame Diana Johnson vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
Lab Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Dame Diana Johnson and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

309 same votes 0 different votes 309 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
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,651
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
940
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
711
43.1% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 650
Appearances
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
67
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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

£2,849,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£246,131
9% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
9
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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
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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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