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Michael Payne vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

309 same votes 0 different votes 309 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
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API