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Michael Payne vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Alison Bennett voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 273 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
49 Aye 30 No
Tax 4% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.0%
4% above average
Rank 266 of 650
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 401 of 650
463
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
601 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
142
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
27
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
164
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 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