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Dame Nia Griffith vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Michael Payne voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

380 same votes 13 different votes 393 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
61 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
61 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
61 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 244 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
1,889
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
1,042
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.3% of votes cast
847
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.7% of votes cast
16
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
28
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
76
-93.2 vs Commons average
Rank 464 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
1
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
111 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API