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Steve Darling vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Bob Blackman voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

230 same votes 55 different votes 285 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 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 42 No
Tax 97% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 90% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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 483 of 650
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 47 of 650
374
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,065
2,344 eligible divisions
202
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
172
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

126
+56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Appearances
135
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
176
+52.2 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
159
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 61 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API