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Ruth Cadbury vs Steve Darling

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Steve Darling voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 260 different votes 310 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
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 3% aligned 71 shared votes
31 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
67.1%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
1,774
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
580 eligible divisions
987
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
54.2% of votes cast
787
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
73
-64.1 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API