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Steve Darling vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Olivia Blake voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 265 different votes 336 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 44% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 42% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
41 Aye 32 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 19 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 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

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 469 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 650
403
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,244
1,663 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
52.3% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.7% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

146
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
35
-50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 650
172
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
39
-109.6 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 51 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 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