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Sir John Hayes vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings
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Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,085 shared comparable votes.

1,076 same votes 9 different votes 1,085 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
73 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
73 Aye 62 No
44 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
44 Aye 86 No
27 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 17 No
Trade 97% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 28 No
Education 98% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
87 Aye 32 No
Migration 99% aligned 119 shared votes
86 Aye 33 No
73 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
73 Aye 62 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 648
Participation
76.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 282 of 648
1,906
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,222
1,594 eligible divisions
900
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
632
51.7 % of votes cast
1,006
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
590
48.3 % of votes cast
25
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

94
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
Appearances
41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 648
168
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 648
Contributions
71
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24 % 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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
52 of 58 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 152 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
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2B and to Lords Amendment 3B and propose amendments (a) and (b) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye rebel
New Clause 1: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords] Committee Stage 17 Jun 2020
No
No rebel
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 8 Jun 2020
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API