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Darren Paffey vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 197 different votes 238 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
43 Aye 26 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 649
452
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,585
2,365 eligible divisions
208
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
57.4% of votes cast
244
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.6% of votes cast
12
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

43
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Appearances
72
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
52
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 249 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Tax
100 of 111 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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