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Steve Darling vs David Davis

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and David Davis voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 179 shared comparable votes.

139 same votes 40 different votes 179 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
16 Aye 26 No
Tax 98% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 86% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 85% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 11 No
Housing 85% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 404 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API