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Helen Hayes vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,013 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 964 different votes 1,013 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
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 28 No
Transport 3% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
4
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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