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Mike Wood vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 307 different votes 310 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.5 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
2,001
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
957
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
1,044
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
117
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
56 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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