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Michael Payne vs Dr Neil Hudson

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 Dr Neil Hudson
Dr Neil Hudson
Con Epping Forest

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Dr Neil Hudson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 336 different votes 338 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
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
55 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
38 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
38 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
84.8%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
442
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
1,648 eligible divisions
230
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
693
49.6% of votes cast
212
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
704
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
78
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
25
-112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£1,070,160
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£223,469
1% below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
163 of 174 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
49 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API