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Darren Paffey vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 4 different votes 343 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
61 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
61 Aye 41 No
6 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
61 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
61 Aye 41 No
6 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.4%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
482
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
222
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
260
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API