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Darren Paffey vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Joe Powell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 13 different votes 386 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
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
46 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
636 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
47.5% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
252
52.5% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
117
+20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
157
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API