Darren Paffey MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen is Darren Paffey (Labour).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Darren Paffey as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Education Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 15 January 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | 18 December 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a9938232200d.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Darren Paffey: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 2 March 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
UK Chamber of Shipping - £302.40
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Attendance for myself at the UK Chamber of Shipping Annual Dinner 2026. The ticket included a three-course dinner with wine
- Value of the benefit: £302.40
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-30
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-30
- Name of the donor: UK Chamber of Shipping
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: UK Chamber of Shipping
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Darren Paffey's office spent £141,512 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £27,219 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £141,512.28 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,218.77 |
| Accommodation: spent | £26,773.02 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,430.01 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £36,491 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Southampton Itchen BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term part time), Administrative Officer ×2 (fixed term full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Darren Paffey voted in the House of Commons: 471 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 44 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 19 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Darren Paffey has tabled 150 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Education; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timeline is for expanding the digital application option for Personal Independence Payment to all eligible claimants.
Care Leavers: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of early deaths of care leavers.
Jobcentres: Armed Forces Covenant
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Jobcentre staff receive on Armed Forces Covenant obligations; and how compliance is monitored.
Jobcentres: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre districts (a) are without an operational Armed Forces Champion and (b) have been without one at any point in the last two years, and how long those districts did not have champions fo …
Leasehold: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recourse is available for leaseholders in buildings with non-cladding defects where their developer has entered insolvency.
Electricity: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of additional energy costs incurred by households where a disabled person requires electricity for life-sustaining medical equipment and environmental te …
Teachers: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities and multi-academy trusts on verifying teachers’ qualified teacher status and completion of statutory induction; and what steps are recommended where of …
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what update his department can provide on (a) waiting times for access to work and (b) the steps being taken to reduce the backlog of applications.
Fire Prevention: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the suitability of guidance on non-cladding relevant defects for defective fire doors.
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) what assessment he has made of the accessibility of the Access to Work application process and ongoing communications for people with different disabilities and (b) what steps he is taking to ensure …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ccc1e03cb997. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Darren Paffey.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Southampton Itchen returned Darren Paffey with a majority of 6,105: 15,782 votes, 41.5% of those cast, against 9,677 for Sidney Yankson. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Southampton Itchen figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.