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Claire Coutinho vs Sarah Coombes

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 Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 262 different votes 268 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 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
590 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.0% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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