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Darren Paffey vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 313 different votes 334 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 86 shared votes
33 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API