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Darren Paffey vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Andrew Western voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

381 same votes 13 different votes 394 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
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
46 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 333 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
752
1,019 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
368
48.9% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
384
51.1% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
53
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
317
+147.8 vs Commons average
Rank 77 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Benefits
33 of 37 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 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