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Darren Paffey vs Ben Maguire

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 Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Ben Maguire voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 228 different votes 276 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
32 Aye 33 No
Tax 6% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
60.9%
12% below average
Rank 568 of 649
448
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
575 eligible divisions
207
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
54.0% of votes cast
241
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
161
46.0% of votes cast
12
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

42
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Appearances
96
+17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
51
-88.0 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Contributions
109
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 279 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Tax
100 of 111 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API