Official portrait of Michael Payne

Michael Payne

Labour MP for Gedling, since 4 July 2024

Michael Payne is the Labour MP for Gedling, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

76.6% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
452 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
138 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
10 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
29 Debates spoken in 33 written questions tabled

Ranked 244 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No vote 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No vote 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Council
Address of donor: 7 rue de Parme, BP 10110, 54503 Vandœuvre Cedex
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£380 estimated value at £95 per night), value £380
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 30 April 2026 to 4 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Visit to Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France, to mark the 30th anniversary of the twinning partnership between Gedling and Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, including meetings with local elected representatives, civic leaders, police officials, sports clubs and local government officials to discuss local government, community engagement, economic development, community safety and international cooperation between the two municipalities.
(Registered 31 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Name of donor: European Jewish Association
Address of donor: Rue du Cornet 22, 1040 Brussels
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£211), accommodation (£166), food and local transport (£175). Person accompanying me received food and local transport only (to the value £175), value £727
Destination of visit: Poland
Dates of visit: 2 November 2025 to 4 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Invited to commemoration of Kristallnacht at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Krakow.
(Registered 30 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Gedling Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 10 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
(Registered 2 August 2024; updated 20 November 2024 and 25 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

A member of the Carlton Town Board. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Treasurer of St. Mary's Community Kitchen in Arnold. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Chair of Friends of Church Lane & St. Mary's Play Park & Recreation Ground. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

A member of the Gedling UK Shared Prosperity Fund Local Partnership Group. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Membership Secretary of Arnold Branch Labour Party.
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

A member of Nottingham Playhouse Strategic Board. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

LGBT+ Officer of Gedling Constituency Labour Party.
(Registered 4 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

29 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,085 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
22 Jul 2025 Michael Payne sitting MP Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Other Visit £4,085

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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