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Darren Paffey vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Ben Lake voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

112 same votes 183 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
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 23% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 31 No
Tax 23% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 35% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,934
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API