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Nigel Farage vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Michael Payne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 146 different votes 151 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

30.7 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 266 of 650
170
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
554 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
51.8 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
206
48.2 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
18
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
17
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Contributions
19
-101.4 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
35
7 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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API