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Fred Thomas vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Steve Darling voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 232 different votes 279 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 23% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 3% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
4% below average
Rank 452 of 649
Participation
67.2%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
400
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
579 eligible divisions
232
58.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
54.2% of votes cast
168
42.0% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 649
Appearances
140
+61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
57
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649
Contributions
192
+55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
6
3 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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