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Catherine Fookes vs Richard Baker

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Richard Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 13 different votes 378 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
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
23 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

80.7%
8% above average
Rank 178 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
513
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
264
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
249
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Appearances
90
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
144
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
110
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API