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Maureen Burke vs Steve Darling

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

Photograph of Maureen Burke
Maureen Burke
Lab Glasgow North East
vs
Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Maureen Burke and Steve Darling voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 167 different votes 226 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 12 No
Tax 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

58.6%
14% below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
346
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
145
41.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
201
58.1% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
3
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
Appearances
142
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
23
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Contributions
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£166,388
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£166,388
26% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Energy
15 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
23 of 32 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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