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Michael Payne vs Siân Berry

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 Siân Berry
Siân Berry
Green Brighton Pavilion

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Siân Berry voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

238 same votes 130 different votes 368 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
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 80% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 46% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 56% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
590 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
55.2% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
210
44.8% 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
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
225
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£220,854
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£220,854
2% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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