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Catherine Fookes vs Mr Bayo Alaba

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Mr Bayo Alaba voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 9 different votes 332 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
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 205 of 649
Participation
70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 424 of 649
458
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
575 eligible divisions
237
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
51.2 % of votes cast
221
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
197
48.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
93
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 474 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
£178,644
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£178,644
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
29 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API