The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Sir Mel Stride vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Darren Paffey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 253 different votes 258 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
45.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
252
54.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
63
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API