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Steve Darling vs John McDonnell

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 McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and John McDonnell voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 248 different votes 332 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 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 39% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 36 No
Tax 3% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 15% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
208
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
177
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.5 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
Appearances
115
+37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
204
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
146
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 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 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
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
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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: 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
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
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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