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Michael Payne vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 315 different votes 320 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 13 No
Defence 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
30 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
30 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 264 of 650
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 260 of 650
431
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,344 eligible divisions
225
52.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
48.1 % of votes cast
206
47.8 % of votes cast
No votes
942
51.9 % 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
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

20
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
71
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
21
-102.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
Contributions
88
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
48 of 49 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Transport
25 of 26 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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