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Steve Darling vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 233 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 192 different votes 233 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 13 No
Housing 27% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 22 No
Tax 5% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Transport 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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 481 of 649
Participation
62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
575 eligible divisions
208
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
170
47.1 % of votes cast
177
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
191
52.9 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
583
+444.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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