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Darren Paffey vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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
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Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 323 different votes 344 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 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
Appearances
205
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
264
+120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 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
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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