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Michael Payne vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Priti Patel voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 279 different votes 280 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
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
0 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
0 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 649
442
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,458
2,361 eligible divisions
230
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
45.5 % of votes cast
212
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
795
54.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

25
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
Appearances
67
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
28
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
95
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 333 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 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
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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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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