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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 317 different votes 320 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
10 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
971
52.2% 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
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API