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Neil O'Brien vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Michael Payne voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 313 different votes 314 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 6 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
888
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
909
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 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
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Trade
80 of 87 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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