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Michael Payne vs Sojan Joseph

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


Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 14 different votes 439 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
59 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 650
Participation
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
480
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
571
636 eligible divisions
251
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
49.6% of votes cast
229
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
288
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 650
Appearances
73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
31
-137.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
87
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
33 of 33 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#4
Tax
111 of 122 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API