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Darren Paffey vs Zarah Sultana

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 Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

230 same votes 82 different votes 312 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
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 92% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 88% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 45% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 330 of 650
438
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,215
1,631 eligible divisions
201
45.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
51.8 % of votes cast
237
54.1 % of votes cast
No votes
586
48.2 % of votes cast
12
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
16
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
57
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
18
-107.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 69 votes
Tax
100 of 111 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
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