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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,113 shared comparable votes.

1,085 same votes 28 different votes 1,113 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
74 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
74 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 24 No
Trade 89% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
84 Aye 39 No
Migration 94% aligned 123 shared votes
87 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 17 No
Energy 97% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 22 No
Housing 97% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,296
1,704 eligible divisions
900
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
668
51.5% of votes cast
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
48.5% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
48
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
100
-66.4 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
6
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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
Aye
No rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56 11 Jul 2023
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
Nationality and Borders Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 26B 20 Apr 2022
Migration
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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