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Darren Paffey vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Bob Blackman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 343 different votes 363 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
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
3 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
38 Aye 54 No
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
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
Appearances
149
+66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
176
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 162 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API