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Catherine Fookes vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 309 different votes 315 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 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
42 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
80.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 650
449
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
978
1,214 eligible divisions
231
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
493
50.4 % of votes cast
218
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
485
49.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

51
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
49
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
75
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
68
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Transport
25 of 26 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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
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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