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Laura Trott vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Laura Trott and Steve Darling voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

158 same votes 42 different votes 200 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
18 Aye 27 No
Tax 96% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 86% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 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

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,235
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
640
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
595
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 649
Appearances
142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
52
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 503 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

£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£284,794
26% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
14
5 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 70 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