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Claire Coutinho vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 976 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 937 different votes 976 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
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
60 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 110 shared votes
47 Aye 63 No
15 Aye 22 No
Housing 3% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API