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Darren Paffey vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Jeff Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 12 different votes 426 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
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.5% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
54
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
96
-72.2 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
70
-98.2 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 68 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API