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Mr Paul Foster vs Claire Coutinho

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

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Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble
vs
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Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 267 different votes 281 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
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
480
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
240
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
240
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
8
1.7% 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

49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 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

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
13
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Transport
28 of 29 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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