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Michael Payne vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 0 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
37 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
215
+69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API