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Michael Payne vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 317 different votes 319 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
6 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
33 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
33 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 649
442
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,981
2,366 eligible divisions
230
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
945
47.7% of votes cast
212
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
25
-112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 443 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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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