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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 1,000 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 961 different votes 1,000 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
20 Aye 13 No
Education 12% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
16 Aye 13 No
Housing 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
76.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 282 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,222
1,594 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
632
51.7 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
590
48.3 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 648
Contributions
71
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 648

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
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
52 of 58 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 152 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
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