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Richard Burgon vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Steve Darling voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 233 different votes 321 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
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 43% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 28 No
Tax 3% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 10% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 14 No
Transport 11% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 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

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
45
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

85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
142
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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