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Steve Darling vs Dave Doogan

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Dave Doogan voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 16 different votes 114 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 86% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 86% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 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
48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
799
1,658 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
433
54.2% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
366
45.8% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£322,192
42% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
47 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
121 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

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