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Lucy Powell vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Darren Paffey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

340 same votes 8 different votes 348 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
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
636 eligible divisions
900
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.2% of votes cast
703
43.9% 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
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
80
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
257
+89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Contributions
92
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API