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Michelle Welsh vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 257 different votes 263 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
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
37 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.8 %
10 % above average
Rank 145 of 650
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 285 of 650
467
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,242
1,632 eligible divisions
241
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.9 % of votes cast
226
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
598
48.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Appearances
48
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650
60
-66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
99
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
2
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 152 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API