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Alex Sobel vs Darren Paffey

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alex Sobel and Darren Paffey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 4 different votes 339 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 650
1,557
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
631 eligible divisions
843
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
46.1% of votes cast
714
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
260
53.9% of votes cast
6
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Appearances
78
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
169
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
Contributions
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£328,194
45% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Migration
139 of 163 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API