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Peter Swallow vs Steve Darling

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

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Peter Swallow
Lab Bracknell
vs
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Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Steve Darling voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 265 different votes 322 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
490
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
385
575 eligible divisions
241
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
54.0 % of votes cast
249
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
177
46.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

179
+101.1 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
261
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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