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Stephen Morgan vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Stephen Morgan
Stephen Morgan
Lab Portsmouth South
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Stephen Morgan and Michael Payne voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

333 same votes 0 different votes 333 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
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
921
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
785
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 650
Appearances
24
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
132
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
27
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,843,494
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£285,250
26% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
2 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

Education
72 of 76 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 46 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API