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Sir Julian Lewis vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Lewis and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

1,066 same votes 24 different votes 1,090 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
48 Aye 84 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
48 Aye 84 No
19 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 87% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 27 No
Trade 89% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 97% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
76 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 130 shared votes
74 Aye 56 No

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

Voting record

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 650
Participation
76.0%
4% above average
Rank 287 of 650
1,929
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,291
1,699 eligible divisions
910
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
51.6% of votes cast
1,019
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.4% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

392
+297.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Appearances
49
-45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
512
+347.4 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650
Contributions
103
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£212,155
6% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
2
2 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
194 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22B 26 Jun 2023
Defence
Aye
No rebel
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 122 3 May 2023
Defence
Aye
No rebel
National Security Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 22 3 May 2023
Defence
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 29 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
No
Aye rebel
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 7 Mar 2022
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: New Clause 49 22 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
National Security and Investment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 11B and 11C 28 Apr 2021
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
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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