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Cat Eccles vs Steve Darling

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

Photograph of Cat Eccles
Cat Eccles
Lab Stourbridge
vs
Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Cat Eccles and Steve Darling voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 163 different votes 217 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 23 No
Tax 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 13% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 13% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

54.4 %
18 % below average
Rank 608 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
313
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
575 eligible divisions
138
44.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
54.0 % of votes cast
175
55.9 % of votes cast
No votes
177
46.0 % of votes cast
10
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
Appearances
144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
99
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
Contributions
204
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,390
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£179,390
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
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