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Steve Darling vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

131 same votes 40 different votes 171 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
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 27 No
Tax 95% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 95% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 62% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 69% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 75% aligned 12 shared votes
8 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 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