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David Smith vs Claire Coutinho

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

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David Smith
Lab North Northumberland
vs
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Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

David Smith and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 207 different votes 226 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
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 435 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
411
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
202
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
209
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
16
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
100
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Contributions
108
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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