The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Sir Stephen Timms vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Lab East Ham
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 965 different votes 1,012 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
10 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
8
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API