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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 186 different votes 187 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
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.5 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 647
Participation
77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
1,544
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
537 eligible divisions
720
46.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
52.4 % of votes cast
824
53.4 % of votes cast
No votes
199
47.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

4
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 647
Appearances
18
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 647
9
-104.8 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 647
Contributions
19
-94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
13
3 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
71 of 88 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
125 of 169 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Defence
43 of 59 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API