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Adam Thompson vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Adam Thompson
Adam Thompson
Lab Erewash
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Adam Thompson and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 246 different votes 252 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
26 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

92.7 %
20 % above average
Rank 9 of 650
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 650
524
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,394
2,351 eligible divisions
261
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.5 % of votes cast
263
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
801
57.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

84
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Appearances
36
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 650
96
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Contributions
50
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,664
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£179,664
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API