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Gareth Bacon vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

1,232 same votes 4 different votes 1,236 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
79 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
79 Aye 69 No
49 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
49 Aye 98 No
96 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
96 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
79 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
79 Aye 69 No
49 Aye 98 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
49 Aye 98 No
96 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
96 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
1,478
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
51.8% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
619
48.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

61
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
51
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
82
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
Contributions
105
-51.4 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No
Chris Bryant's amendment (a) to the motion on the independent expert panel 23 Jun 2020
Aye rebel
No
Agriculture Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 2 (Neil Parish) 13 May 2020
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API