UK Parliament · member 5066
Steve Darling MP
- Party
- Liberal Democrat — Liberal Democrats
- Constituency
- Torbay
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Steve Darling, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Thomas Davy - £2,000.00 (registered 11 June 2026)
- Baby Care Domiciliary Care Ltd - £5,000.00 (registered 29 April 2026)
- Jerome Betts - £2,500.00 (registered 3 March 2026)
- Jerome Betts - £2,000.00 (registered 23 October 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- National Liberal Club - £1,552.86 — £1,553 (registered 23 September 2024)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 (registered 27 March 2026)
Miscellaneous
- Member of Torquay Town Deal Board. This is an unpaid role. (registered 2 August 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 389 recorded divisions where Steve Darling and at least one other Liberal Democrat member were recorded voting, Steve Darling voted the same way as most voting Liberal Democrat members 383 times (98.5%).
This compares Steve Darling with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £21,037 across 99 claim lines; 2024-25: £235,499 across 203 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 76 | £16,908 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 1 | £2,092 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 21 | £1,637 |
| 2025-26 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £400 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 17 | £179,112 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 148 | £26,156 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 22 | £21,118 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 6 | £4,546 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 9 | £4,363 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £203 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 October 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Sundries — CURRYS ONLINE | £100 | Paid |
| 23 September 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — AMAZON [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 20 January 2026 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Fire extinguisher purchase and service | £100 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Other public transport | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £100 | Paid |
| 28 August 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — IKEA LTD SHOP ONLINE | £95 | Paid |
| 4 March 2026 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | installation of fire safety equipment to constituency office | £936 | Paid |
| 29 January 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | £931 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £915 | Paid |
| 10 December 2024 | Office Costs · Insurance - contents | contents insurance | £91 | Paid |
| 9 August 2024 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | case for parliament mobile phone | £10 | Paid |
| 18 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | £10 | Paid |
| 18 October 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | £9 | Paid |
| 21 January 2026 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | POST OFFICE COUNTER | £84 | Paid |
| 22 August 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Gas — gas bill constituency office July | £82 | Paid |
| 9 September 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Gas — Constituency gas bill August | £82 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.