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Michael Payne vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Julia Lopez voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 341 different votes 342 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
58 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
38 Aye 58 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
38 Aye 58 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 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

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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