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Michael Payne vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 333 different votes 335 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
10 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
4 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
463
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,955
2,405 eligible divisions
239
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
224
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,057
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
27
-127.6 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
161
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Transport
28 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Tax
103 of 114 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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