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Steve Darling vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 95 different votes 128 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
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Tax 14% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

142
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
Contributions
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API