Michael Payne
Labour Gedling
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Michael Payne voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Michael Payne — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Michael Payne →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
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)
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)
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)
A member of the Carlton Town Board. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
Treasurer of St. Mary's Community Kitchen in Arnold. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
Chair of Friends of Church Lane & St. Mary's Play Park & Recreation Ground. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
A member of the Gedling UK Shared Prosperity Fund Local Partnership Group. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)
Membership Secretary of Arnold Branch Labour Party.
(Registered 4 August 2024)
A member of Nottingham Playhouse Strategic Board. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 4 August 2024)
LGBT+ Officer of Gedling Constituency Labour Party.
(Registered 4 August 2024)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Michael Payne yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Michael Payne has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£243,439.67 paid out to or for Michael Payne across 166 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Michael Payne’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Michael Payne — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Michael Payne’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Michael Payne is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: STOPAIDS — about £17,000.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Michael Payne personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Michael Payne is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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