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Seema Malhotra vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 857 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 811 different votes 857 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 15 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 20 No
Transport 4% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
907
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
712
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 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

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12% above 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

Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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