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Edward Argar vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 354 different votes 356 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
25
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
128
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
28
-109.8 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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