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Steve Darling vs John Healey

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 John Healey
John Healey
Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and John Healey voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 100 different votes 128 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
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Housing 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 23% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
60.1%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
403
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,432
2,381 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
813
56.8% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
619
43.2% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

146
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
46
-39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
172
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
417
+268.4 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£3,242,299
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£320,971
42% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
60 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Migration
125 of 171 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
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
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 4 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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