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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 271 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 266 different votes 271 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
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
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 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
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 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

79.8 %
7 % above average
Rank 203 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 190 of 650
450
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,350 eligible divisions
232
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
218
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

51
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Appearances
74
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
74
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Contributions
105
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£2,404,047
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
56 of 61 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API