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Gerald Jones vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 883 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 844 different votes 883 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
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
70 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 98 shared votes
24 Aye 74 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
850
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

32
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
40
-105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
62 of 71 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
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 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
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
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