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Michael Payne vs Liz Saville Roberts

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 Liz Saville Roberts
Liz Saville Roberts
PC Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Liz Saville Roberts voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 139 different votes 245 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
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 25% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 650
Participation
71.1 %
2 % below average
Rank 404 of 650
436
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,669
2,349 eligible divisions
227
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
941
56.4 % of votes cast
209
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
728
43.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
132
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 650
23
-102.8 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Contributions
169
+43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£2,266,514
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£324,256
43 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Benefits
68 of 81 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API