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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.

Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 262 different votes 263 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
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 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
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 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

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
436
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,349 eligible divisions
227
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
209
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
74
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
23
-102.8 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Contributions
105
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 256 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
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