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Andrew Western vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 450 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 435 different votes 450 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 23 No
Tax 4% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 3% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
695
953 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,638 eligible divisions
344
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.7 % of votes cast
351
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
601
48.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
306
+172.2 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 649
Contributions
107
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
8
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 28 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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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