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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
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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 340 different votes 343 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
38 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
149
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
5
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
32 of 32 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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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