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Keir Mather vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 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

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
1
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API