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Sir Julian Smith vs Claire Coutinho

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 3 different votes 1,029 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
44 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
44 Aye 81 No
86 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
86 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 23 No
Trade 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 133 shared votes
72 Aye 61 No
44 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
44 Aye 81 No
86 Aye 26 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
86 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

77.4%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
1,862
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,285
1,688 eligible divisions
898
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
51.8% of votes cast
964
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
620
48.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

105
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
51
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
130
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Contributions
105
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
5
5 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

Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
59 of 64 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API