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Claire Coutinho vs Chris Murray

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 Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 253 different votes 257 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 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 256 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.7% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
230
50.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
69
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 447 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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