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Steve Darling vs Helen Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Helen Maguire voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

310 same votes 4 different votes 314 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
33 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
370
590 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
51.9% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
178
48.1% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
158
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
185
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 153 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
£217,983
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£217,983
4% below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API