Michael Payne MP: votes, interests and costs
Michael Payne represents Gedling in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Michael Payne sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 43587d51d58b.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Michael Payne, as the MP registered them: Miscellaneous (8), Visits outside the UK (2). Latest registration 31 May 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to France between 30 April 2026 and 04 May 2026
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-04-30
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-05-04
International visit to Poland between 02 November 2025 and 04 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Invited to commemoration of Kristallnacht at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Krakow.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-02
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-04
A member of Nottingham Playhouse Strategic Board. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Membership Secretary of Arnold Branch Labour Party.
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
LGBT+ Officer of Gedling Constituency Labour Party.
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
A member of the Gedling UK Shared Prosperity Fund Local Partnership Group. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chair of Friends of Church Lane & St. Mary's Play Park & Recreation Ground. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Treasurer of St. Mary's Community Kitchen in Arnold. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
A member of the Carlton Town Board. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Gedling Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 10 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1).
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £158,845 for Michael Payne in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £29,139 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £158,845.49 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,138.86 |
| Accommodation: spent | £19,273.47 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,610.17 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Gedling CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Policy Researcher (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent part time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Michael Payne voted in the House of Commons: 472 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 52 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 14 October 2026 Michael Payne voted No on "Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax No; MoD Bicester and illegal migrants No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 No; Amendment 1 No; New Clause 25 No |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 10 September 2026 | Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading: No |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No; Report Stage: New Clause 143 No; Report Stage: New Clause 142 No; Report Stage: New Clause 140 No; Report Stage: New Clause 145 No; Report Stage: New Clause 6 No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 17 June 2026 to 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye; Allocation of Time motion Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No; New Clause 4 No; New Clause 2 No |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No; Amendment 13 No; Amendment 8 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No; New Clause 14 No; New Clause 13 No |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill: Third Reading: Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Michael Payne has tabled 33 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Defence and 2 other departments.
Adoption: Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing transitional or exceptional arrangements to allow adoptive families to continue working with appropriately qualified, non-Ofsted registere …
Addictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to include addiction or substance use disorder within the statutory definition of a mental disorder for the purposes of the Mental Health Act.
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve military housing.
Addictions: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes are in place to ensure that findings from Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) involving addiction related deaths are embedded consistently in national guidance, NHS workforce training, …
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support local high streets.
General Practitioners: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the 7.4 per cent global sum uplift for 2024-25 will sufficiently cover the accepted recommendation of a 6 per cent pay rise for GP partners and salaried staff …
Neurodiversity: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the waiting times for diagnosis of (a) autism and (b) ADHD for children and young people.
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending building regulations to require future accessible and adaptable dwelling to include (a) step-free entrances and …
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to Question 1176 on Park Homes: Sales, what her policy is on the longstanding concerns about the regulation of park home sites and the requ …
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome receive adequate medical support.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 88e120a00ef9. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Michael Payne.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Gedling returned Michael Payne with a majority of 11,881: 23,278 votes, 47.8% of those cast, against 11,397 for Tom Randall. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Gedling figures
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