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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 154 different votes 160 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 8 No
Tax 4% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
156
56.3% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
4
2 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API