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Catherine Fookes vs Sarah Coombes

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 0 different votes 383 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 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
44 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
23 Aye 2 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
80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
590 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 373 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API