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Steve Darling vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 66 different votes 284 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
24 Aye 37 No
Tax 97% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 87% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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