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
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Treasury
• Pension Credit
• Personal Independence Payment
• Home Education
• Fisheries: Finance
• State Retirement Pensions: Women

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

• Access to NHS Dentistry 22 May 2025

  In Devon we have a budget of £377,000 to recruit new dentists. Sadly, only two of the 22 dentists have actually been recruited. Does my hon. Friend agree that this demonstrates that the Conservatives’ golden hello scheme has completely failed, and that we desperately need a new contract now?

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Homelessness: Young People 22 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with youth homelessness organisations on the inclusion of a youth chapter in the forthcoming cross-governmental homelessness strategy.

• Ukraine: Forcibly Deported Children — [Graham Stuart in the Chair] 21 May 2025

  I congratulate the hon. Member on obtaining the debate. I had the honour of joining her on that visit to Ukraine earlier this year, and it was life-changing. The experience of being stolen by Putin’s thugs is also life-changing for these children. Childhood is a very short period of our lives, so I hope the Minister will demonstrate that there is a sense of urgency about getting these...

More of Steve Darling’s recent appearances

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