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Michael Payne vs Steve Barclay

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 Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Steve Barclay voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 281 different votes 283 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
10 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
31 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 649
444
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,694
2,368 eligible divisions
230
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
47.7% of votes cast
214
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
886
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
80
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
26
-113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
115
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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