Steve Darling
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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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).
398
Votes Cast
£235,469
Expenses 2024-25
5,349
Majority
41.1%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£235,469
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 46,115 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
651
Written Questions
16
Oral Questions
190
Debates Spoken In⚑
256
Speeches⚑
398
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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6 NOChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
6 votes · 9 Mar 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
6 votes · 9 Mar 2026
1 AYE1 NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2 votes · 27 Jan 2026
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2 votes · 27 Jan 2026
2 AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading
21 Jan 2026
3 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
3 votes · 20 Jan 2026
4 AYE1 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
5 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
5 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Financial Interests(4)
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Jerome Betts
£2,500
£2,500
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Jerome Betts
£2,500
- 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
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Jerome Betts
£2,000
19 September 2025
£2,000
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Jerome Betts
£2,000
19 September 2025
- 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
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
September 2024 until December 2025
Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club as newly elected MP from September 2024 until December 2025
15 August 2024
£1,553
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
September 2024 until December 2025
Honorary membership of the National Liberal Club as newly elected MP from September 2024 until December 2025
15 August 2024
- 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
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 2 August 2024
Registered 2 August 2024
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Steve in Parliament
Children: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish a fuller equalities impact assessment of the Child Poverty Strategy, including its impact on groups at highest risk of poverty.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the urgent correspondence from the hon. Member for Torbay dated 12 November 2025 on the potential closure of the cus
Embassies: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department provides trauma informed training to their Embassies and Consulates.
Hospitals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Wait 45 policy for ambulance wait times, including on corridor care and patients be
Community Health Services: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the selection criteria was for the location of the 43 new neighbourhood hubs.
Identity Cards: Overseas Visitors
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend arrangements allowing UK-bound group travellers to use national identity cards to other major sending countries such
Visitor Levy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism during the debate on Hospitality Sector of 3 September 2025, O
Visitor Levy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has carried out modelling on a visitor levy.
Visitor Levy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in her Department have worked on proposals to provide Mayors with powers to introduce a visitor levy.
Hospitality Industry: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Spor
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