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Michael Payne vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 283 different votes 297 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
39 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
32 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
32 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
86
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
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