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Darren Paffey vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

415 same votes 13 different votes 428 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
63 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
63 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 107 shared votes
63 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
641
805 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
329
51.3% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
312
48.7% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

82
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
94
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
96
-72.2 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
104
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£200,934
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
33 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API