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.

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Scorecard

76.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote

442 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

133 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

11 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

28 Debates spoken in 33 written questions tabled

Ranked 239 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
2 Jul 2025	Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division	No vote	333–168
2 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division	No vote	338–79
1 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading	Aye	335–260
1 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading	No	149–328
30 Jun 2025	Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025	No vote	315–4
20 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	314–291
20 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94	Aye	274–224
20 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77	Aye	275–209
20 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12	No	223–269
20 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24	No	213–266
20 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16	No	208–261
18 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading	No vote	312–95
18 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130	No vote	178–313
18 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121	No vote	114–310
18 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88	No vote	178–313
18 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43	No vote	147–305
18 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7	No vote	102–390
17 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106	No vote	117–379
17 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1	No vote	379–137
17 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160	No vote	89–428
17 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	No vote	189–328
17 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175	No vote	184–336
17 Jun 2025	Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174	No vote	194–335
13 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2	No	259–216
13 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1	No	230–256

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

Name of donor: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Address of donor: Chem. du Pommier 40, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£3,553.46), accommodation (£352.89), meals (£130.00) and transportation (£48.95), value £4,085.30
Destination of visit: Kenya
Dates of visit: 22 July 2025 to 25 July 2025
Purpose of visit: Visiting healthcare facilities and meeting senior Government of Kenya representatives, also beneficiaries of healthcare initiatives and charity partners of projects funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
(Registered 11 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 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)