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David Simmonds vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,093 shared comparable votes.

1,089 same votes 4 different votes 1,093 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
48 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
48 Aye 93 No
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 42 shared votes
31 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
91 Aye 39 No
Migration 98% aligned 130 shared votes
93 Aye 37 No
64 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 124 shared votes
63 Aye 61 No
48 Aye 93 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
48 Aye 93 No
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
7
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API