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Claire Coutinho vs Michael Shanks

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
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Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 306 different votes 315 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 6 No
Migration 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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 294 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,247
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
644
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
603
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

53
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
108
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649
Contributions
402
+263.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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