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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 329 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 327 different votes 329 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 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
34 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
34 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 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

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
27
-127.6 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
75
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
10
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Tax
103 of 114 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API