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Steve Darling vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 56 different votes 257 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 40 No
Tax 97% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 65% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
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
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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