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Steve Darling vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Alison McGovern voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 219 different votes 261 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 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 4% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
389
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,655
2,366 eligible divisions
211
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.5% of votes cast
178
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.5% of votes cast
6
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Contributions
428
+290.9 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API