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Darren Paffey vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 315 different votes 334 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
33 Aye 51 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5

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