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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 258 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 252 different votes 258 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 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 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 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 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
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

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
Participation
82.5 %
10 % above average
Rank 149 of 650
1,242
1,633 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
565 eligible divisions
644
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
49.4 % of votes cast
598
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
236
50.6 % of votes cast
5
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Appearances
49
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
102
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Contributions
63
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£192,253
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
133 of 152 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
44 of 51 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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