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Mark Garnier vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Michael Payne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 325 different votes 341 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
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
44 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
44 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API