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Al Carns vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Al Carns and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 116 different votes 120 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
29 Aye 12 No
Tax 2% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
0 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
147
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
165
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
274
+128.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
7
4 registered categories
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Housing
21 of 32 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API