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Catherine Fookes vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 453 shared comparable votes.

441 same votes 12 different votes 453 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
55 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
55 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
55 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
513
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
249
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

103
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
48
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
144
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
45
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API