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Michael Payne vs Ian Roome

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Ian Roome voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 199 different votes 259 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 7% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% 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

25
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
96
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
28
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
122
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API