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Bob Blackman vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,203 shared comparable votes.

1,178 same votes 25 different votes 1,203 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
75 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
75 Aye 69 No
43 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 136 shared votes
43 Aye 93 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 29 No
Trade 91% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 18 No
Housing 94% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 30 No
Education 98% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
96 Aye 36 No
Migration 99% aligned 132 shared votes
95 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 287 of 650
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,291
1,699 eligible divisions
990
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
51.6% of votes cast
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.4% of votes cast
54
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

159
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
49
-45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
189
+24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
103
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 85 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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