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Kit Malthouse vs Steve Darling

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

Photograph of Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Kit Malthouse and Steve Darling voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 49 different votes 275 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
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 43 No
Tax 97% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 650
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 650
2,019
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
558 eligible divisions
964
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
202
54.0 % of votes cast
1,055
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
172
46.0 % of votes cast
20
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
127
+56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
119
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Contributions
177
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£293,019
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
1
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

Trade
86 of 89 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 75 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API