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Chris Elmore vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,011 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 969 different votes 1,011 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
8 Aye 16 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
74 Aye 39 No
Tax 4% aligned 113 shared votes
35 Aye 78 No
10 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
239
+93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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

Housing
58 of 62 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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 Sept 2023
Aye
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