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Catherine Fookes vs Peter Dowd

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 3 different votes 361 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
56 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
27 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
56 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
56 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
27 Aye 1 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
508
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
261
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
247
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
139
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API