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Steve Darling vs Sir Mark Tami

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 Mark Tami
Sir Mark Tami
Lab Alyn and Deeside

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Mark Tami voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 299 different votes 360 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 41 No
Tax 3% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 19 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 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 481 of 649
Participation
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 649
385
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,946
2,361 eligible divisions
208
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,065
54.7% of votes cast
177
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
881
45.3% of votes cast
6
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 646 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 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
£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£286,200
27% above 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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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