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Michael Payne vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 298 different votes 300 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
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
91
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API