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Sarah Bool vs Catherine Fookes

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Catherine Fookes
Catherine Fookes
Lab Monmouthshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 331 different votes 338 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
52 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.1% of votes cast
241
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
231
48.9% 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

93
+10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
109
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Contributions
108
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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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