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Steve Darling vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Keir Mather voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 219 different votes 269 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
75.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
781 eligible divisions
208
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
290
49.2 % of votes cast
177
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
299
50.8 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
103
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
507
+368.7 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Education
50 of 52 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
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
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: 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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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