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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 79% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 60 different votes 284 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
5 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 89% aligned 9 shared votes
4 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

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 476 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
422
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
232
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
190
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

158
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
189
+24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.8 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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