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Claire Hughes vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 270 different votes 275 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 22 No
Tax 2% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
509
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,242
1,631 eligible divisions
264
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.9 % of votes cast
245
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
598
48.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

8
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Appearances
48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
8
-117.8 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
99
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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