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Darren Paffey vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Nigel Farage voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 148 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 127 different votes 148 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 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 10 No
Education 9% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 649
Participation
54.5%
18% below average
Rank 608 of 649
458
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
11 eligible divisions
208
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
250
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

47
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
Appearances
14
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
56
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Contributions
16
-124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
35
7 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
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
No topic data
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
No topic data
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
No topic data
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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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