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Jake Richards vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 239 different votes 244 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 649
414
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,636 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.7 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
601
48.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Appearances
52
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
205
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
105
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
4
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 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 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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