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Lucy Powell vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 830 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 803 different votes 830 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
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
43 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 74 No
Migration 1% aligned 97 shared votes
73 Aye 24 No
76 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 106 shared votes
29 Aye 77 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 502 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
1,550
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,638 eligible divisions
873
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.7 % of votes cast
677
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
601
48.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

5
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
147
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Contributions
107
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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