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Michael Payne vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Jesse Norman voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 293 different votes 295 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
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
72.3%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
444
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,711
2,368 eligible divisions
230
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
214
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
920
53.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
53
-27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
26
-113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
103
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API