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Darren Paffey vs Aphra Brandreth

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

Photograph of Darren Paffey
Darren Paffey
Lab Southampton Itchen
vs
Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 288 different votes 295 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
65.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 509 of 650
438
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
563 eligible divisions
201
45.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
47.0 % of votes cast
237
54.1 % of votes cast
No votes
195
53.0 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
57
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Tax
100 of 111 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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