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Helen Grant vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Helen Grant and Steve Darling voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

165 same votes 39 different votes 204 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
3 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 31 No
Tax 96% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 96% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 1 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
826
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
925
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£276,159
22% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
2
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API