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Julia Lopez vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Michael Payne voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 333 different votes 334 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
38 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
58 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,757
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
842
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
915
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Appearances
25
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
37
-101.4 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
28
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Tax
251 of 287 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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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