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Jim Dickson vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 286 different votes 292 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.5 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
504
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,242
1,631 eligible divisions
243
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.9 % of votes cast
261
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
598
48.1 % 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

115
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
128
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Contributions
99
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Defence
32 of 33 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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