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Steve Darling vs Gareth Davies

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 Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies
Con Grantham and Bourne

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Gareth Davies voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 45 different votes 244 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 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 97% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 93% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 13 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 650
Participation
83.3 %
11 % above average
Rank 138 of 650
374
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,354
1,626 eligible divisions
202
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
678
50.1 % of votes cast
172
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
676
49.9 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

125
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Appearances
29
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
175
+51.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Contributions
37
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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
£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,157
20 % above average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
63 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
146 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
48 of 51 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 61 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion 29 Oct 2025
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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