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Steve Darling vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Steve Darling and David Simmonds voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.
222 same votes
56 different votes
278 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.0%
5% below average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
422
630 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,412
1,698 eligible divisions
232
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.2% of votes cast
190
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
732
51.8% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
157
+62.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
111
+16.6 vs Commons average
187
+22.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
168
+3.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API