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Michael Payne vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 218 different votes 222 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
26 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
26 Aye 54 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 0 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
0 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
437
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
228
52.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
209
47.8 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Appearances
38
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
23
-109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
52
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
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 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API