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Jayne Kirkham vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 0 different votes 388 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
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
242
49.7% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

210
+127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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