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Michael Payne vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Bob Blackman voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 359 different votes 362 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
38 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
38 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,103
2,405 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,115
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

24
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
155
+66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
27
-127.1 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
184
+29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Tax
103 of 114 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API