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Darren Paffey vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 290 different votes 296 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
462
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
210
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
252
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
13
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API