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John McDonnell vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 988 different votes 1,029 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
21 Aye 13 No
Education 12% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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