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John Cooper vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Steve Darling voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 64 different votes 278 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
29 Aye 39 No
Tax 97% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 91% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 5 No
Transport 87% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 15 No
Housing 65% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API