#18
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Claire Coutinho

UK Politicians Twitter/X
#18
X Rank
1,007,011
Score
Shadow Energy Secretary; Shadow Minister for Equalities
Role
528
Posts
913,863
Likes
46,574
Comments
1,731
Avg Likes
88
Avg Comments
960,437
Total Engagement
1,819
Engagement Rate
18.6
Posts/Week
Daily
Posting Regularity
Metrics are based on tracked posts and calculated averages. Actual performance may vary.
46,579 followers

Data last refreshed: August 11, 2026

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20 posts

Not too long ago, stating that biological sex was real was a career-ending act of bravery. Kathleen Stock was hounded out of her university job. Maya Forstater had to take her former employer to ...

Policy Announcements & Government Action Gender & Women's Rights Equality & Diversity Aug 09, 2026 View on X
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I understand why Luciana and others are unable to forgive Joshua, I do. My Catholicism says I should forgive if put in a similar position, but none of us can say how we would feel if we were so cr...

Defence & National Security Counter-Terrorism Hate Crime Faith & Religion Aug 05, 2026 View on X
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Well said

N/A N/A Aug 04, 2026 View on X
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Andy Burnham and his new Energy Secretary said they would be ‘pragmatic’ when it came to the North Sea. But this morning Miatta Fahnbulleh confirmed they will BAN all new oil and gas licences. Ho...

Environment & Climate Oil & Gas Net Zero Aug 03, 2026 View on X
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Net Zero is not solving climate change - it is transferring emissions from Britain to elsewhere. If we shut down our industry but increasingly import products from countries that still use coal, w...

Environment & Climate Net Zero Carbon Emissions Trade Policy Jul 31, 2026 View on X
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How is deterring electrification by making our electricity expensive, and offshoring our industry to coal-powered China, helping climate change? Net Zero is not working - but too many vested inter...

Environment & Climate Net Zero Cost of Living Energy Grid Jul 30, 2026 View on X
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✍🏾Me for the @Telegraph https://t.co/72L9hw0Wd0

N/A N/A Jul 29, 2026 View on X
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In my three years covering the energy brief, I have never seen anything like this. I first raised concerns put to me by whistleblowers within NESO in the House of Commons on 7 July. The main alle...

Transport & Infrastructure Energy Grid Renewable Energy Net Zero Ministerial Standards Jul 29, 2026 View on X
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Michael Shanks told the House categorically that ‘at no point did we come close to a breach’ of reserve standards on 23 June. Leaked documents prove that NESO’s own initial assessment was that thi...

Legislative & Parliamentary Activity Ministerial Standards Energy Grid Jul 28, 2026 View on X
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I first raised the concerns that our electricity grid control room operators had put to me on 7th July. Since then we have seen denials, dismissals, and downright lies from NESO management. As th...

Transport & Infrastructure Energy Grid Ministerial Standards Jul 27, 2026 View on X
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Why would she hate it? This is such a lazy bad faith assumption. The challenge for those pushing the status quo is to explain why making electricity expensive, and offshoring our emissions is hel...

Environment & Climate Net Zero Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy Jul 27, 2026 View on X
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Nobody said that. You, however, said that I was ‘scaremongering’ and ‘at no point did we come close to a breach’ of reserves. NESO’s own initial assessment has now been exposed. It says reserves...

Transport & Infrastructure Energy Grid Ministerial Standards Jul 25, 2026 View on X
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An extraordinary revelation in The Times. Whistleblowers have provided documents that prove NESO and DESNZ *know* that the surge in wind, solar and batteries is putting us at greater risk of black...

Environment & Climate Renewable Energy Energy Grid Net Zero Cost of Living Jul 25, 2026 View on X
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Fair play to Miatta for going to Aberdeen. We’ll need oil and gas for decades, we should use as much of our own as possible. If she’s more pragmatic than Ed Miliband, grants Jackdaw & Roseba...

Environment & Climate Oil & Gas Taxation Jul 23, 2026 View on X
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Not a SINGLE Minister in the Energy Dept appears to have commercial or industry experience: Miatta - civil servant/lefty think tank Shanks - teacher Mcluskey - charity/public sector White - ch...

Party Politics & Leadership Ministerial Standards Labour Party Jul 23, 2026 View on X
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If you’ve never had to pay someone’s wages or grow a business or been on the receiving end of Government taxes and regulations…. Then how do you understand the trade off faced by those who make ou...

Economic Policy & Budget Taxation Business Regulation Small Business Wages & Pay Jul 21, 2026 View on X
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Oh. That seems a fundamentally dishonest way to brief out how this policy will be funded. https://t.co/mnL8sUpvMf

Economic Policy & Budget Budget & Fiscal Policy Public Spending Jul 21, 2026 View on X
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Our Cheap Power Plan saves households £200 on bills & business 20% off of electricity - at no cost to the taxpayer. If Andy’s nicked our plan to cut VAT? Good. But households bills are up b...

Policy Announcements & Government Action Cost of Living Taxation Energy Grid Small Business Jul 21, 2026 View on X
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I welcome @Miatsf to her post. Energy is the most important gig in my view. I hope cutting levies and taxes on bills, visiting Aberdeen to meet O&G workers, restarting my costing of renewab...

Environment & Climate Taxation Cost of Living Oil & Gas Renewable Energy Energy Grid Jul 20, 2026 View on X
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Ed Miliband broke promise after promise in his time as Energy Secretary. Bills are up by ÂŁ300. Thousands of jobs lost in Aberdeen. Billions spent on GB Energy with nothing to show for it. I hop...

Party Politics & Leadership Cost of Living Oil & Gas Public Spending Regional Investment Jul 20, 2026 View on X
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Rank History

Aug 2026
#18
Jul 2026
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Jun 2026
+2 #18
May 2026
#20
Apr 2026
+1 #20
Mar 2026
+1 #21
Feb 2026
-4 #22
Jan 2026
+2 #18
Dec 2025
#20
Nov 2025
#20

Content Categories

Environment & Climate 145
Party Politics & Leadership 76
Economic Policy & Budget 54
Policy Announcements & Government Action 46
N/A 42

Topics & Themes

Cost of Living Energy Grid Oil & Gas Net Zero Labour Party Taxation Equality & Diversity Renewable Energy Gender & Women's Rights Carbon Emissions Freedom of Speech Faith & Religion Nuclear Energy Hate Crime Industrial Strategy Public Spending Artificial Intelligence LGBTQ+ Rights Racial Equality Wages & Pay

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 31 of 124 in UK Politicians

Posts
549
Claire: 713 ↑
Likes
1,407,050
Claire: 1,173,082 ↓
Comments
121,642
Claire: 72,619 ↓
Avg Likes
1,210.6
Claire: 1,645.3 ↑
Avg Comments
181.3
Claire: 101.9 ↓
Score
1,650,334
Claire: 1,318,320 ↓
Posts/Week
14.6
Claire: 18.6 ↑
Avg Post Length
226 chars
Claire: 409 ↑
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