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Steve Darling vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Andy McDonald voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 277 different votes 348 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 30% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 3% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 20 No
Education 8% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 4 No
Transport 11% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 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 477 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 650
403
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,387 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.5% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
803
44.5% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

147
+61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
91
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
173
+23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
126
-23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 268 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 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: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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