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Darren Paffey vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Jim McMahon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 1 different votes 377 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
41 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
41 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
41 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Contributions
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API