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Claire Coutinho vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 824 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 792 different votes 824 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
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
Appearances
41
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
Contributions
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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