The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Friday 27 November 2026.

Compare

Darren Paffey vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 11 different votes 397 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
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 78% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
Migration 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
76.8%
5% above average
Rank 266 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,861
2,422 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
55.0% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
837
45.0% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
66
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
67
-102.2 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API