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Steve Darling vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

205 same votes 62 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
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 40 No
Tax 96% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.9 %
6 % below average
Rank 485 of 650
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 650
378
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,926
2,351 eligible divisions
206
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
911
47.3 % of votes cast
172
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

127
+54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
112
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
177
+48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
Contributions
212
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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