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Michael Payne vs Georgia Gould

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 Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould
Lab Queen's Park and Maida Vale

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Georgia Gould voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

283 same votes 0 different votes 283 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
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
Participation
57.6%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
340
590 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
167
49.1% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
173
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
323
+177.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£224,197
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£224,197
1% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Tax
79 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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