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Steve Darling vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Ed Davey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

243 same votes 5 different votes 248 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
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
Participation
59.4%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
422
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,288
2,167 eligible divisions
232
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
55.9% of votes cast
190
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
568
44.1% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

162
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Appearances
75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
195
+27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Contributions
127
-40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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

#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 33 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API