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Emily Darlington vs Alison McGovern

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

Photograph of Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

Emily Darlington and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

347 same votes 0 different votes 347 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
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 40 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
521
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
274
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
247
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
119
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£124,936
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£124,936
45% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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