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Catherine Fookes vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Priti Patel voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 261 different votes 264 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
43 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
1 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
1 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.4 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 647
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 647
432
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,436
2,323 eligible divisions
226
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
649
45.2 % of votes cast
206
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
787
54.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 647
Appearances
60
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 647
74
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 647
Contributions
80
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£211,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7 % below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Transport
24 of 25 votes
#5
Tax
215 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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