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Michael Payne vs Aphra Brandreth

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 Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 289 different votes 305 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
6 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
33 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
Participation
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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