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Steve Darling vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Paul Holmes voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

196 same votes 64 different votes 260 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
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 96% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 89% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 86% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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