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Steve Darling vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

239 same votes 65 different votes 304 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
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 97% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 93% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 90% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
358
+276.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
163
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Contributions
475
+332.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API