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Michael Payne vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Esther McVey voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 229 different votes 230 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
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,390
2,150 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
46.1% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
749
53.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

24
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Appearances
114
+26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
27
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Contributions
156
+2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Tax
103 of 114 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API