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Claire Coutinho vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 341 different votes 349 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Migration 3% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 48 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 649
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
1,247
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
744 eligible divisions
644
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
304
51.6 % of votes cast
603
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
285
48.4 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£989,828
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 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
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