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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.

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Steve Darling
LD Torbay
vs
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Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 181 different votes 224 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
67.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 474 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,361 eligible divisions
208
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
889
55.9 % of votes cast
177
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
700
44.1 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
16
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
55
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
88
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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