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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Steve Darling voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 201 different votes 231 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
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 605 of 649
Participation
67.3%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 649
1,310
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
395
587 eligible divisions
749
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
54.7% of votes cast
561
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
179
45.3% of votes cast
19
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Appearances
137
+56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
32
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
167
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API