Steve Darling

Steve Darling
Darling in 2024
Member of Parliament
for Torbay
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byKevin Foster
Majority5,349 (11.6%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2024–presentWork and Pensions
Member of Torbay Council[a]
for Barton with Watcombe
Watcombe (2003–2019)
Shiphay (1995–2003)
Assumed office
8 May 1995
Leader of Torbay Council
In office
28 May 2019 – 16 May 2023
Preceded byOffice established[b]
Succeeded byDavid Thomas
Personal details
Born
Stephen Matthew Darling

1969 (age 54–55)
Birmingham, England
Political partyLiberal Democrats

Stephen Matthew Darling[2] (born 1969) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Torbay since 2024. He has been a member of Torbay Council since 1995 and was the leader of the council from 2019 to 2023. Darling is registered blind and has a guide dog named Jennie.


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  1. ^ "Torbay mayor and cabinet system scrapped in referendum". BBC News. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. ^ "No. 64465". The London Gazette. 22 July 2024. p. 14086.