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Mark Sewards vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 271 different votes 278 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
246
53.5% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

165
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
176
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Contributions
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
7
3 registered categories
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 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