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Claire Coutinho vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 264 different votes 272 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 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 36 No
Tax 2% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 158 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.2% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.8% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
231
+85.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 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
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API