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Claire Coutinho vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Claire Coutinho and Tom Rutland voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 263 different votes 269 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
651
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.0% of votes cast
608
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.0% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15% below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
46 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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 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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API