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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 219 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 218 different votes 219 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 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 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 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 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

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
442
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
230
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
45.7 % of votes cast
212
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
740
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

25
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
Appearances
104
+26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
28
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
145
+6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API