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Rachel Hopkins vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 0 different votes 407 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
59 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 115 of 647
Participation
77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
1,357
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
537 eligible divisions
726
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
52.4 % of votes cast
631
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
199
47.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 647
Appearances
18
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 647
91
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 647
Contributions
19
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Education
64 of 68 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
141 of 152 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API