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
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22	No vote	74–323
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	No vote	104–391
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	No vote	164–311
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No	144–244
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13	No	135–258
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8	No	143–249
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No	85–317
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion	Aye	233–94
16 Jun 2026	Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026	Aye	262–86
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3	No	162–246
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14	No	151–258
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13	No	77–255
15 Jun 2026	Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival	No vote	24–37
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill: Third Reading	Aye	278–149
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148	No	155–279
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143	No	167–266
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1	No	77–271
9 Jun 2026	Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026	Aye	356–86
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No	157–287
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No	94–297
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20	No	90–290
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No	145–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No	65–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No	81–266
3 Jun 2026	Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	302–155

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)