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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).

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Scorecard

67.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
385 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
190 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
6 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
7 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
231 Debates spoken in 630 written questions tabled

Ranked 414 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 No 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 No 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 No 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 No 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 No vote 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No vote 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No vote 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No vote 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No vote 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 277–99

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: 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)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£5,000

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)

On the register since 19 May 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)

On the register since 10 Mar 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)

On the register since 4 Nov 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)

On the register since 27 Nov 2025

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)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

8. Miscellaneous

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

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

231 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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