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Michael Payne vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Alan Mak voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 335 different votes 337 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
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
56 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
39 Aye 56 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
39 Aye 56 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
442
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,021
2,366 eligible divisions
230
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
957
47.4% of votes cast
212
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
19
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
25
-112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
22
-115.1 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API