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Catherine Fookes vs Edward Argar

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

Photograph of Catherine Fookes
Catherine Fookes
Lab Monmouthshire
vs
Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Edward Argar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 347 different votes 352 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
28 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
28 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 203 of 650
Participation
90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
450
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,121
2,350 eligible divisions
232
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
47.6 % of votes cast
218
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
52.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
77
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
74
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Contributions
116
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£211,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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