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Steve Darling vs Jeremy Corbyn

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
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Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

151 same votes 57 different votes 208 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 90% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 3 No
Benefits 83% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 36% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 50% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 18 No
Tax 53% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 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
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
822
55.5% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.5% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
135
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
188
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 146 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
27
3 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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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