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Steve Darling vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

197 same votes 58 different votes 255 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 38 No
Tax 97% aligned 66 shared votes
26 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 95% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 93% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 5 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
838
47.1% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
941
52.9% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
169
+86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
189
+45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
188 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 322 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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