Compare

Steve Darling vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 34 different votes 226 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
25 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 77% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
374
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,892
2,344 eligible divisions
202
54.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
903
47.7 % of votes cast
172
46.0 % of votes cast
No votes
989
52.3 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

125
+56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Appearances
76
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
175
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
109
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 61 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API