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Michael Payne vs Lewis Cocking

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 328 different votes 330 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
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
45.0 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
227
55.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
72
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
110
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API