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Michael Payne vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 292 different votes 294 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
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
29 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
4 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
29 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
4 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
63
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
87
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£216,868
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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