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Cat Smith vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 971 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 932 different votes 971 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
10 Aye 19 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API