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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.


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Helen Whately voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 294 different votes 296 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 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
31 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 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
31 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
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,312 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
41
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
64
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 389 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API