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Catherine Fookes vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 319 different votes 323 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 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
42 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
19 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
19 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
109
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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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