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Ed Miliband vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 686 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 654 different votes 686 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
8 Aye 1 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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