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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 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 325 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
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
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
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 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

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
108
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649

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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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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