Official portrait of Claire Coutinho

Claire Coutinho

Conservative MP for East Surrey, since 12 December 2019

Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho is the Conservative MP for East Surrey, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.

Scorecard

55.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
330 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
260 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
6 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
209 Debates spoken in 147 written questions tabled

Ranked 545 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No vote 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£5,000

Name of donor: Graham Edwards
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 donation to my local association to aid with local campaigning.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

£5,000

Name of donor: IPGL Limited
Address of donor: 3rd Floor 39 Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 9LP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 paid to my Conservative association to aid with local campaigning
Donor status: company, registration 02011009
(Registered 19 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£15,000

Name of donor: John James
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 donation to aid with Conservative campaigning.
Date received: 30 April 2026
Date accepted: 30 April 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Name of donor: Simon Camamile
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 donation to support local campaigning.
Date received: 25 March 2026
Date accepted: 25 March 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 24 August 2020 until 24 February 2026
Rental income: from 16 February 2021 until 24 February 2026
(Registered 28 September 2020; updated 16 February 2021 and 8 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

8. Miscellaneous

I have been involved in fundraising activities for the Friendship Project, a ringfenced fund managed by the Tandridge Community Fund. This raises money for distribution to groups working to address social isolation in East Surrey. I will be consulted but will not have a final say on how funds are distributed.
Date interest arose: 14 January 2023
(Registered 3 February 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

209 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £15,000 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
30 Apr 2026 Claire Coutinho sitting MP John James Individual Non Cash Other £15k

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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