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Fred Thomas vs Claire Coutinho

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

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Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 211 different votes 218 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 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
34 Aye 13 No
Tax 2% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 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

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
6
3 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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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
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 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Motion to sit in private 28 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API