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Mark Sewards vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Darren Paffey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 8 different votes 427 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
57 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
57 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
57 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.6%
5% above average
Rank 255 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
491
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
633 eligible divisions
235
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
46.3% of votes cast
256
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
260
53.7% 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

201
+105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
Appearances
79
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
212
+46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
Contributions
91
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API