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James MacCleary vs Steve Darling

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

Photograph of James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes
vs
Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Steve Darling voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 8 different votes 338 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
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 43 No
Tax 99% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

60.4%
12% below average
Rank 569 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
384
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
636 eligible divisions
201
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
55.0% of votes cast
183
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
190
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
162
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
110
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 650
Contributions
195
+27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
5
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
27 of 33 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 33 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#4
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
23 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API