Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay, since 4 July 2024
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
Steve Darling is the Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions).
Scorecard
Voting record
590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
Declared financial interests
Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
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)
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: 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: 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)
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)
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Debates
238 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Dentistry in Coastal Areas
- Tourism: Overnight Visitor Levy
- Business of the House
- Summer Health and Resilience
- Local Government Reorganisation
- Building Homes and Renewing Communities
- Rewiring the State
- Local Government Reorganisation
- Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
- NHS Buildings: Extreme Heat
Money declared to them
No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.
Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →
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