Darren Paffey
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Darren Paffey is the Labour MP for Southampton Itchen, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
462
Votes Cast
£200,934
Expenses 2024-25
6,105
Majority
41.5%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£200,934
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 38,053 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
150
Written Questions
27
Oral Questions
98
Debates Spoken In⚑
142
Speeches⚑
462
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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462 votes — page 9 of 19
1 AYE1 NOSentencing Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Oct 2025
1 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
2 votes · 20 Oct 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
2 votes · 20 Oct 2025
2 NOSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages
2 votes · 15 Oct 2025
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages
2 votes · 15 Oct 2025
2 NOMental Health Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 14 Oct 2025
Mental Health Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 14 Oct 2025
4 NOBus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 10 Sept 2025
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 10 Sept 2025
1 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
7 AYERenters’ Rights Bill
7 votes · 8 Sept 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill
7 votes · 8 Sept 2025
Financial Interests(1)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
UK Chamber of Shipping
Attendance for myself at the UK Chamber of Shipping Annual Dinner 2026. The ticket included a three-course dinner with wine
30 January 2026
£302
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
UK Chamber of Shipping
Attendance for myself at the UK Chamber of Shipping Annual Dinner 2026. The ticket included a three-course dinner with wine
30 January 2026
- Name of donor
- UK Chamber of Shipping
- Address of donor
- 30 Park Street, London SE1 9EQ
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Attendance for myself at the UK Chamber of Shipping Annual Dinner 2026. The ticket included a three-course dinner with wine, value £302.40
- Date received
- 30 January 2026
- Date accepted
- 30 January 2026
- Donor status
- company, registration 02107383
Registered 2 March 2026
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Darren in Parliament
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to reduce pay differentials between (a) school teachers and (b) college lecturers.
Sexual Dysfunction: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Commission for Human Medicines has made on its review of how the risk of sexual dysfunction is communicated to patients; and
Primodos
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) review evidence on the health impacts of Primodos and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing
Further Education: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reimburse VAT to colleges.
Migrant Workers: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to enable foreign workers to switch sponsors when their original employer ceases trading, particularly where the
Visas: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) steps her Department takes and (b) guidance her Department provides to ensure the process of obtaining visa sponsorship licences is acce
River Itchen: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the enforcement powers of Ofwat to help tackle unlawful discharges of sewage into the River Itc
Children in Care: Southampton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help improve the outcomes for care-experienced children and young people in Southampton.
Health: Southampton Itchen
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of health inequalities in Southampton Itchen constituency; and what steps he pl
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support women affected by the rise in the State Pension age in Southampton Itchen constituency.
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