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Steve Darling vs Kerry McCarthy

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 280 different votes 334 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 40 No
Tax 3% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 20 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
827
44.0% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Education
84 of 96 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API