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Graham Stringer vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 758 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 724 different votes 758 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
2 Aye 11 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 5 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

57.8 %
15 % below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 649
1,364
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,643 eligible divisions
683
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.6 % of votes cast
681
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
603
48.4 % of votes cast
112
8.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
Contributions
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
3
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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