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Michael Payne vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 274 different votes 275 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
5 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
35 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
452
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
233
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
219
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API