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Michael Payne vs Nick Timothy

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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Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Nick Timothy voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 297 different votes 298 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 446 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
48.0% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
212
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
122
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£199,214
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£199,214
12% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
5 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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