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Josh Newbury vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Michael Payne voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

398 same votes 12 different votes 410 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
65 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
65 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
65 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
31 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.3% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.7% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

173
+76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
28
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
205
+35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
31
-138.2 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#5
Tax
111 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API