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Michael Payne vs Gareth Davies

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 Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies
Con Grantham and Bourne

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Gareth Davies voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 273 different votes 275 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 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
32 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 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
83.7 %
10 % above average
Rank 133 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,334
1,594 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
665
49.9 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
669
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % 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
28
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
36
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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
£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£271,157
20 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
146 of 152 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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