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Katie Lam vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

252 same votes 0 different votes 252 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 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
207
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 650
Appearances
53
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
128
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Contributions
108
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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