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Alistair Strathern vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 332 different votes 340 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 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 3% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
47 Aye 22 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
21 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
575
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,626 eligible divisions
296
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
642
51.9 % of votes cast
279
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
596
48.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
49
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
71
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
100
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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