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Michael Payne vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and David Simmonds voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 287 different votes 289 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
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 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
83.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 140 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,331
1,594 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
637
47.9 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
694
52.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
82
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
232
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API