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Steve Darling vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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

Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 257 different votes 324 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 36% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 11% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 5 No
Transport 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
208
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
177
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
805
44.4 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

144
+66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
Appearances
44
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
204
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
45
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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