Claire Coutinho MP, East Surrey

voted ambiguously on the policy

Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled

by scoring 41.7% compared to the votes below

Why Majority/minority instead of Aye/No?
HouseDateSubjectClaire CoutinhoPolicy vote
Commons18 Jan 2021Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit absentMajority (strong)
Commons15 Sep 2021Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit absentMajority (strong)
Commons21 Sep 2021Working People’s Finances: Government Policy Majorityminority (strong)
Commons24 Jan 2022Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments absentMajority (strong)
Commons7 Feb 2022Social Security and Pensions MajorityMajority (strong)
Commons18 May 2022Programme for Government — Workers' Rights — Cost of Living — Climate — Benefits — Windfall Tax — Devolution — Human Rights Majorityminority (strong)

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

No of votesPointsOut of
Most important votes (50 points)   
MP voted with policy15050
MP voted against policy20100
MP absent375150
Less important votes (10 points)   
MP voted with policy000
MP voted against policy000
Less important absentees (2 points)   
MP absent*000
Total:125300

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score
MP's points
total points
 = 
125
300
 = 41.7 %.


About the Project

The Public Whip is a not-for-profit, open source website created in 2003 by Francis Irving and Julian Todd and now run by Bairwell Ltd.

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive