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Steve Darling vs Neil Coyle

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 Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Neil Coyle voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 273 different votes 324 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 16 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 3% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 18 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,672
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
957
57.2% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
715
42.8% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
16
-129.9 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£1,946,990
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£245,953
9% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Education
82 of 96 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
76 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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