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Michael Payne vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Michael Payne and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 282 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
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 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

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
Participation
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 649
442
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
1,643 eligible divisions
230
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
605
48.3 % of votes cast
212
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
648
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

25
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
Appearances
63
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
28
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
109
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£216,868
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34 % above average
11
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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