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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 964 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 913 different votes 964 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
11 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 27 No
Transport 3% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
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