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
4 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	392–116
3 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	458–104
28 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Youth unemployment	No vote	91–287
28 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory	No vote	103–284
28 Jan 2026	Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No vote	294–108
27 Jan 2026	Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1	No vote	88–310
27 Jan 2026	Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2	No vote	61–311
27 Jan 2026	Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9	No vote	91–378
21 Jan 2026	Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025	Aye	373–106
21 Jan 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	316–194
21 Jan 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	No	195–317
21 Jan 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5	No	191–326
20 Jan 2026	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	347–184
20 Jan 2026	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	Aye	347–185
20 Jan 2026	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	344–182
20 Jan 2026	Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7	Aye	319–127
14 Jan 2026	Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 deferred division	Aye	301–110
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26	No	172–334
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9	No	181–335
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part	Aye	344–173
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25	No	187–351
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24	No	184–331
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part	Aye	348–167
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7	No	188–341
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No	185–344

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)