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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 309 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 304 different votes 309 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
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 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
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 650
449
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,094 eligible divisions
231
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
49.3 % of votes cast
218
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
902
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

51
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
Appearances
23
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
74
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Contributions
30
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
3
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API