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Steve Darling vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

211 same votes 56 different votes 267 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
27 Aye 30 No
Tax 96% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 65% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
102
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
163
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Contributions
148
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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