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Steve Darling vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 183 different votes 216 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 22% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
28 Aye 21 No
Tax 4% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.2%
4% below average
Rank 463 of 649
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
391
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
213
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
178
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% of votes cast
6
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

142
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
180
+40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Contributions
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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