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Steve Darling vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

215 same votes 60 different votes 275 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 97% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 96% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 56% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% 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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API