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Claire Coutinho vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 826 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 788 different votes 826 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
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
52 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 91 shared votes
38 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 12 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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