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Steve Darling vs Elaine Stewart

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 Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 203 different votes 245 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 5 No
Defence 17% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 3% aligned 59 shared votes
35 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 11% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

67.2%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
Participation
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 568 of 649
389
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
354
579 eligible divisions
211
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
158
44.6% of votes cast
178
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
196
55.4% of votes cast
6
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

140
+61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
22
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
192
+54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
Contributions
30
-107.5 vs Commons average
Rank 571 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Housing
24 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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