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
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part	Aye	344–181
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	Aye	324–180
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No	167–350
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Rural communities	No	105–332
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Jury trials	No	182–290
17 Dec 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	312–165
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading	No vote	341–195
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)	No vote	118–340
15 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H	No vote	311–96
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer	No	90–297
10 Dec 2025	Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work	Aye	320–98
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Seasonal work	No	98–325
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Second Reading	Aye	329–173
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No	170–332
9 Dec 2025	UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No vote	100–100
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62	Aye	327–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H	Aye	326–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B	Aye	395–98
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120	Aye	300–96
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B	Aye	327–96
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15	No	154–303
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16	No	143–304
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26	No	77–298
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3	No	87–299
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty	Aye	357–174

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)