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Steve Darling vs Wendy Morton

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 Wendy Morton
Wendy Morton
Con Aldridge-Brownhills

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Wendy Morton voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

166 same votes 32 different votes 198 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
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 32 No
Tax 96% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 10 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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 485 of 650
Participation
78.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 236 of 650
377
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,349 eligible divisions
205
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
47.7 % of votes cast
172
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
963
52.3 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

126
+55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
138
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
176
+50.2 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
238
+112.2 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£1,630,211
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£253,374
12 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Trade
85 of 89 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 61 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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) 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
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
No
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
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API