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Steve Darling vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Alan Mak voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 57 different votes 282 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
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 97% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 71% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
24
-57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
163
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Contributions
27
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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