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Kit Malthouse vs Darren Paffey

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

Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Darren Paffey
Darren Paffey
Lab Southampton Itchen

Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Darren Paffey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 317 different votes 324 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 53 No
Tax 1% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 650
Participation
77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 256 of 650
2,019
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
558 eligible divisions
964
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
199
46.0 % of votes cast
1,055
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
234
54.0 % of votes cast
20
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
46
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
119
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
59
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Trade
86 of 89 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API