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Claire Coutinho vs Steve Witherden

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
vs
Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 264 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
1 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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 294 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
1,252
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
647
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.9% of votes cast
605
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
223
48.1% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
110
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Contributions
76
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Housing
30 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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