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Michael Payne vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 196 different votes 197 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 10 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
37 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
5% above average
Rank 274 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
444
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,368 eligible divisions
230
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
737
47.1% of votes cast
214
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
829
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

23
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
8
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
26
-113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
13
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 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
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API