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Steve Darling vs Barry Gardiner

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 Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 186 different votes 235 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 33% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 27 No
Tax 4% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 12% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 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
67.1%
6% below average
Rank 476 of 650
403
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,387 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

147
+61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
58
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
173
+23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
95
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
77 of 94 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 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
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
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