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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 1,004 shared comparable votes.

1,001 same votes 3 different votes 1,004 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
43 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
43 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
28 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
71 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 130 shared votes
70 Aye 60 No
43 Aye 81 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
43 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

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
108
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649

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
42 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API