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Steve Darling vs Ian Byrne

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 Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Ian Byrne voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 216 different votes 281 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
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 40% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 4% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 20 No
Education 12% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 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
72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
54.4% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
550
45.6% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
26
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

144
+59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
170
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Contributions
92
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£284,893
26% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
128 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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