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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.

Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling
vs
Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 352 different votes 354 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
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 250 of 649
442
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
580 eligible divisions
230
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
45.6% of votes cast
212
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
246
54.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
106
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
25
-112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
156
+18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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