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Catherine Fookes vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 210 different votes 214 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 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 649
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 649
453
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,360
2,099 eligible divisions
235
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
622
45.7 % of votes cast
218
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
738
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

56
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
Appearances
103
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
84
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649
Contributions
124
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£211,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 85 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API