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Paul Davies vs Catherine Fookes

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Catherine Fookes
Catherine Fookes
Lab Monmouthshire

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 481 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 0 different votes 481 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
52 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
52 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
28 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
52 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
28 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

94.3%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
Rank 186 of 650
591
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
504
627 eligible divisions
303
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
51.6% of votes cast
288
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
244
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Appearances
97
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
59
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
Contributions
137
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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