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Sammy Wilson vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 69% of the time, based on 762 shared comparable votes.

526 same votes 236 different votes 762 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
9 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 13 No
Energy 88% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
43 Aye 54 No
Tax 81% aligned 97 shared votes
33 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 41% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
47 Aye 29 No
Migration 53% aligned 76 shared votes
57 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 53% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 14 No
Defence 54% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 14 No
Trade 63% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
2
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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API