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Michael Payne vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 326 different votes 330 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
56 Aye 33 No
Tax 1% aligned 89 shared votes
32 Aye 57 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
442
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,938
2,366 eligible divisions
230
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.2% of votes cast
212
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,023
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
108
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
25
-112.1 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
225
+87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
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
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API