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Darren Paffey vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 12 different votes 402 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
55 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
12 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
55 Aye 43 No
12 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
814
44.2% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
63
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
56
-113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 525 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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