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Catherine Fookes vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Fookes and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 281 different votes 287 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
241
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
231
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£211,272
7% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API