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Kate Dearden vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Darren Paffey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

347 same votes 12 different votes 359 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
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
13% above average
Rank 93 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
540
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
636 eligible divisions
265
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.2% of votes cast
275
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
262
53.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
374
+204.8 vs Commons average
Rank 51 of 650
Contributions
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API