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Dr Ben Spencer vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,153 shared comparable votes.

1,144 same votes 9 different votes 1,153 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
47 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
47 Aye 97 No
95 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
95 Aye 32 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
47 Aye 97 No
95 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
95 Aye 32 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 150 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
1,387
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
669
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
51.8% of votes cast
718
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
619
48.2% of votes cast
13
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

110
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Appearances
51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
226
+71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
105
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Brexit / EU
60 of 64 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API