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

Staffing£179,112
Office£26,126
Accommodation£21,118
Travel£9,113

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 46,115 voters

Liberal Democrat
18,937 votes41.1%
Conservative
13,588 votes29.5%
Reform UK
8,660 votes18.8%
Labour
3,276 votes7.1%
Green Party
1,420 votes3.1%
Workers Party of Britain
234 votes0.5%

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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2 AYE1 NO

Health Bill

3 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 AYE

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

1 AYE2 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

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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
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
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
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

Date interest arose
2 August 2024

Registered 2 August 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Steve in Parliament

Ukraine: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to reports that around 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported or transferred into Russia

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office4 Mar 2025

Fisheries: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time-equivalent civil servants are working on trading corporation agreements with the fishing industry.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs27 Feb 2025

Fishing Catches: White Fish

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered increasing the trawler by-catch limit for bass.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs27 Feb 2025

National Insurance Contributions: Voluntary Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of promoting the National Insurance Credits buy-back scheme for each year since 2015.

AnsweredTreasury21 Feb 2025

National Insurance Contributions: Voluntary Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent civil servants have worked on the National Insurance Credits buy-back scheme in each year since 2015.

AnsweredTreasury21 Feb 2025

National Insurance Contributions: Voluntary Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have made use of the National Insurance Credit buy-back scheme in each year since 2015.

AnsweredTreasury21 Feb 2025

Post-mortems: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many parents who have experienced the death of a child have waited more than three months to receive the final post-mortem report.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care21 Feb 2025

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment requests that were initially refused were subsequently accepted after appeal in the l

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions12 Feb 2025

Pension Credit: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities have engaged with the Government on increasing applications for pension credit since November 2024.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions12 Feb 2025

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment on the Child Pove

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions11 Feb 2025
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