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Nick Smith vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Darren Paffey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 3 different votes 380 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
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 287 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
620 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
45.4% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
257
54.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Appearances
78
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
122
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
90
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API