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Michael Payne vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 275 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 36% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 4% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

77.0%
4% above average
Rank 266 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
463
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
601 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
27
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
229
+79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 112 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
10
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API