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Claire Coutinho vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 879 shared comparable votes.

868 same votes 11 different votes 879 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
33 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
33 Aye 71 No
61 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
61 Aye 39 No
42 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
33 Aye 71 No
61 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
61 Aye 39 No
42 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,700
2,405 eligible divisions
665
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.8% of votes cast
619
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
905
53.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
105
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
Contributions
66
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
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
60 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Trade
49 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API