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Helen Whately vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

1,086 same votes 2 different votes 1,088 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
93 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
93 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
27 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 115 shared votes
67 Aye 48 No
93 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
93 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
27 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 647
Participation
76.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 647
1,952
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,228
1,605 eligible divisions
930
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
636
51.8 % of votes cast
1,022
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
592
48.2 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Appearances
43
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 647
Contributions
74
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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

Trade
83 of 88 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
52 of 58 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API