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Catherine Fookes vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 2 different votes 396 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
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 650
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
497
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,406 eligible divisions
253
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.0% of votes cast
244
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Appearances
103
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
134
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Contributions
159
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API