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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.
Voting alignment
Steve Darling and John McDonnell voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.
90 same votes
255 different votes
345 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
67.5%
5% below average
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
142
+58.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
128
+44.4 vs Commons average
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
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
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API