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Blair McDougall vs Claire Coutinho

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

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Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Blair McDougall and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 219 different votes 238 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
217
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
210
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
14
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
307
+163.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£186,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£186,207
18% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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