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Claire Coutinho vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 468 different votes 483 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
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 49 No
Tax 4% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 20 No
Migration 2% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
Participation
65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,245
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
695
1,067 eligible divisions
644
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
55.1 % of votes cast
601
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
312
44.9 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

53
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Appearances
75
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
107
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Contributions
183
+49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Trade
44 of 51 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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