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Michael Payne vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 12 different votes 415 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
61 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
480
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
251
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
229
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
Appearances
48
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
31
-138.2 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Contributions
45
-124.2 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
33 of 33 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Tax
111 of 122 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API