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Claire Coutinho vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 878 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 833 different votes 878 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
2 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 21 No
Housing 7% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
63 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 111 shared votes
49 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 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 288 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£989,828
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
57 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API