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Steve Darling vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 148 different votes 189 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 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Housing 60% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 469 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
403
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,381 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
7
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

146
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
81
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
172
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
369
+220.4 vs Commons average
Rank 45 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
177 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
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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