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Catherine Fookes vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 336 different votes 342 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
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
43 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
2 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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 181 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
508
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
261
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
247
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

98
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
138
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.8 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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