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Jessica Morden vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Jessica Morden
Jessica Morden
Lab Newport East
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Jessica Morden and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 0 different votes 390 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
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 236 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,858
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
1,030
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
828
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
60
-83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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

£2,752,356
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£297,501
32% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
2
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
68 of 71 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
154 of 171 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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