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Shabana Mahmood vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 677 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 638 different votes 677 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 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 3 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 2 No
Energy 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
50 Aye 20 No
Tax 1% aligned 70 shared votes
19 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 84 shared votes
45 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
539
42.5% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
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
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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