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Steve Darling vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Claire Coutinho 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
13 Aye 11 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

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

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

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

Recent voting overlap

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