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Sir Stephen Timms vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Darren Paffey voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 0 different votes 355 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
38 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
38 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
38 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
590 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
210
45.5% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
252
54.5% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API