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Steve Darling

Liberal Democrat Torbay

Voting record

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Voted for
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Voted against
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Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Steve Darling’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Steve Darling — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 398 of 590 (67%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 Aye
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 Aye
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 Aye
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 Aye
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 Aye
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 Aye
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 Aye
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 171, Noes 302 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 Aye
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Ayes 175, Noes 292 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Ayes 172, Noes 283 Aye
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 Aye
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Ayes 181, Noes 335 Aye
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 Ayes 187, Noes 351 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Steve Darling currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) — Opposition Department — since 2024-09-18 Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Steve Darling →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Jerome Betts
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 March 2026)

Name of donor: Baby Care Domiciliary Care Ltd
Address of donor: 7a Dartmouth Road, Paignton, Devon TQ4 5AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: company, registration 08708134
(Registered 29 April 2026)

Name of donor: Thomas Davy
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 June 2026)

Name of donor: Josie Forte
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 26 August 2026)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Jerome Betts
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 19 September 2025
Date accepted: 15 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 October 2025)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club as newly elected MP from September 2024 until December 2025, value £1,552.86
Date received: 15 August 2024
Date accepted: 2 September 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 23 September 2024)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: UK Friends of Ukraine
Address of donor: 62 Lots Road, London SW10 0DQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Meals and hospitality (£127.91), excursion (£46.15) and rail transfers (£223.94), value £398
Destination of visit: Ukraine (Kyiv, Odessa, Pripyat, Chisinau (Moldova))
Dates of visit: 19 February 2026 to 25 February 2026
Purpose of visit: Attend the Yalta European Strategy Conference, fostering good relations between UK and Ukraine MPs.
(Registered 27 March 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of Torquay Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 2 August 2024
(Registered 2 August 2024)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Steve Darling yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Steve Darling has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£256,225.55 paid out to or for Steve Darling across 305 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Steve Darling’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £181,203.86 (18 claims)
Office Costs — £42,753.52 (227 claims)
Accommodation — £22,755.59 (43 claims)
MP Travel — £4,546.15 (6 claims)
Staff Travel — £4,362.96 (9 claims)
Miscellaneous — £400.00 (1 claim)
Dependant Travel — £203.47 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Equipment - purchase — £55.52, 2026-03-29 — Sundries
Utilities — £192.19, 2026-03-28 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £101.28, 2026-03-27 — Banner March 2026
Stationery & printing — £304.28, 2026-03-25 — XMA March 2026
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £50.00, 2026-03-18 — [200013613-10596]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £59.94, 2026-03-15 — Landline & internet package
Utilities — £320.03, 2026-03-14 — Electricity
Cleaning services — £60.00, 2026-03-14 — Constituency cleaning bill Feb/Mar

Every claim on file for Steve Darling →

Early Day Motions

Steve Darling has tabled 18 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 367 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Steve Darling personally tabled — not motions Steve Darling may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Phoenix Rising charity status — tabled 2026-09-08, 5 sponsors
Support for hospices — tabled 2026-09-08, 55 sponsors
50th anniversary of Torbay Civic Society — tabled 2026-09-02, 11 sponsors
Torbay RNLI 160th anniversary — tabled 2026-07-15, 13 sponsors
Religious freedom in sub-Saharan Africa — tabled 2026-07-06, 23 sponsors
Work of physician associates and the Leng review — tabled 2026-06-24, 15 sponsors
Sensory room at Upton St James Primary School — tabled 2026-06-18, 7 sponsors
Lewy Body Society — tabled 2026-06-15, 8 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Steve Darling is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People — Officer
Declared funding: Age UK (£4,501-6,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Defibrillators — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: DGA Group (£10,501-12,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability — Officer
Declared funding: Disability Rights UK (£7,501-9,000).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: DGA Group — about £11,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Defibrillators).

DGA Group — about £11,250.50, 1 group
Disability Rights UK — about £8,250.50, 1 group
Age UK — about £5,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Steve Darling personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Steve Darling is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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