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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 185 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 184 different votes 185 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 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 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 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 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
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
Participation
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 648
407
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,312 eligible divisions
217
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
190
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
Appearances
4
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 648
Contributions
9
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 648

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
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API