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Michael Payne vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 298 different votes 301 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
31 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
31 Aye 50 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 649
444
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,368 eligible divisions
230
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
893
47.3% of votes cast
214
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
993
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

23
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
119
+39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649
26
-113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
184
+44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API