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Claire Coutinho vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 979 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 942 different votes 979 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
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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