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Steve Darling vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 63 different votes 275 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
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 97% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
164
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

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