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Rushanara Ali vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 958 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 914 different votes 958 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 14 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
59 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 125 shared votes
65 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Trade
80 of 91 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: 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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