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Gregory Stafford vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 285 different votes 288 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
437
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
202
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
235
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

143
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
281
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
5
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

Tax
100 of 111 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Energy
16 of 20 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 Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API