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Steve Darling vs Alison Taylor

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

Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay
vs
Photograph of Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor
Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Alison Taylor voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 146 different votes 191 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Education 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 22 No
Tax 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
118
42.6% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
159
57.4% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
5.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
53
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
170
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Contributions
76
-71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,583
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£192,583
15% below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 32 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
18 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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