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Michael Payne vs Mr Toby Perkins

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
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

356 same votes 1 different votes 357 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
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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