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Harriet Cross vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 277 different votes 279 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 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.6 %
same as average
Rank 357 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
387
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
179
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
208
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
167
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 648
Contributions
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Tax
97 of 108 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Defence
18 of 22 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
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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Voting source Commons Votes API