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Martin Vickers vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Steve Darling voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 49 different votes 266 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
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 42 No
Tax 97% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 92 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
2,013
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
575 eligible divisions
957
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
54.0 % of votes cast
1,056
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
177
46.0 % of votes cast
26
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API