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Darren Paffey vs Julia Lopez

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

Photograph of Darren Paffey
Darren Paffey
Lab Southampton Itchen
vs
Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Julia Lopez voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 320 different votes 339 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
54 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
40 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
40 Aye 54 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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