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Claire Coutinho vs Steve Darling

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Steve Darling voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

172 same votes 54 different votes 226 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
16 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 7 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£989,828
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API