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Paul Holmes vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 287 different votes 289 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 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 94 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,398
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
694
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
704
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
390
+251.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
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
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