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Sojan Joseph vs Claire Coutinho

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
Photograph of Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 295 different votes 317 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 2% aligned 62 shared votes
23 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

93.6%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
552
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
276
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
276
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
14
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

78
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
94
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Contributions
108
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30% below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
7
4 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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