About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Steve Darling) represents you, and all of the people who live in Torbay, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Personal Independence Payment
• Pension Credit
• Home Education
• State Retirement Pensions: Women
• Manufacturing Industries: Small Businesses

Currently held offices

• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (since 18 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (12 Feb 2025 to 18 Mar 2025)
• Member, Employment Rights Bill Committee (13 Nov 2024 to 16 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kevin Foster
• Adrian Sanders
• Rupert Allason
• Frederic Bennett

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Employment Rights Bill Committee (17 out of 21)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Road and Rail Projects 8 Jul 2025

  Just one large storm could sever the rail network at Dawlish, so will the Secretary of State commit to stage 5 of Network Rail’s resilience programme? In my constituency there is a need for a railway station at Edginswell, which would equally unlock regeneration. I would welcome the Secretary of State’s comments.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Welfare: Finance 8 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to animal welfare in the Spending Review 2025.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dangerous Dogs: Canada 8 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the dangerous dogs control scheme in Calgary, Canada.

More of Steve Darling’s recent appearances