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Steve Darling vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Jo Platt voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 274 different votes 328 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 16 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 3% aligned 71 shared votes
41 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 12 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 10% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
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