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Steve Darling vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

180 same votes 50 different votes 230 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
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 97% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
202 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API