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Rachael Maskell vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Steve Darling voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 286 different votes 366 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 36% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 34 No
Tax 3% aligned 72 shared votes
36 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 9% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 15 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

254
+169.2 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
143
+58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
308
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Contributions
169
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API