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Cat Smith vs Catherine Fookes

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 4 different votes 365 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
39 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.4% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
99
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
139
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API