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Matt Bishop vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 180 different votes 185 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
6
2 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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API