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Sir Keir Starmer vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
Lab Holborn and St Pancras
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sir Keir Starmer and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 349 different votes 369 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
9 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 6 No
Tax 4% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 29 No
Migration 2% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

38.4 %
35 % below average
Rank 633 of 647
Participation
76.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 647
893
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,228
1,605 eligible divisions
545
61.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
636
51.8 % of votes cast
348
39.0 % of votes cast
No votes
592
48.2 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 647
Appearances
43
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 647
1,405
+1291.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 647
Contributions
74
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£232,065
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
15
3 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

Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Trade
51 of 88 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
25 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
52 of 58 votes
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Transport
42 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 152 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API