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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.

Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

167 same votes 46 different votes 213 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
12 Aye 11 No
Education 96% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 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 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 6 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
378
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,242
1,632 eligible divisions
206
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.9 % of votes cast
172
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
598
48.1 % of votes cast
6
1.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

127
+55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Appearances
48
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
177
+49.4 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
99
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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
26 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 61 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API