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Michael Payne vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Ed Davey voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 179 different votes 211 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 11 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 20% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
5% above average
Rank 274 of 649
Participation
53.7%
18% below average
Rank 598 of 649
444
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,368 eligible divisions
230
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
214
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

23
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
26
-113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
107
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 66 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 171 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
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