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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6 NO

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

6 votes · 9 Mar 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

2 votes · 27 Jan 2026

2 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee

2 votes · 21 Jan 2026

3 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

3 votes · 20 Jan 2026

4 AYE1 NO

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
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

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work scheme applications are outstanding (a) nationally and (b) by regional.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions4 Oct 2024

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce national screening for prostate cancer by level of risk.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care10 Sept 2024

Pension Credit: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to review the inclusion of military compensation as income in the means test for Pension Credit.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions2 Sept 2024

Financial Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help increase financial inclusion of people with learning disabilities.

AnsweredTreasury2 Sept 2024

Veterans: Compensation and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of veterans who were in receipt of the (a) War Disablement Pension, (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, (c) Servi

AnsweredMinistry of Defence2 Sept 2024

Banking Hubs: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure access to cash for disabled people through the roll-out of shared-banking hubs in local communities.

AnsweredTreasury2 Sept 2024

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to strengthen her Department's compliance with the Armed Forces Covenant.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions2 Sept 2024

Badgers: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of culling badgers in Devon since the beginning of the cull.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Sept 2024

Badgers: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been killed under the current cull regime in Devon.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Sept 2024

Fish: Export Health Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce the cost of export health certificates for fish.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs30 Aug 2024
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