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Andrew Bowie vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Darren Paffey voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 288 different votes 309 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
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 16% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
590 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
45.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
252
54.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
113
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API