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Lisa Smart vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

159 same votes 56 different votes 215 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
16 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 15 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 91% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API