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Steve Darling vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Ian Lavery voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 267 different votes 338 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 64% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 44% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 3% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 18 No
Education 10% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 5 No
Transport 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 469 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
403
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,381 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
55.3% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
812
44.7% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
87
+1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
172
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
113
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
8
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API