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Catherine Fookes vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 0 different votes 420 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
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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