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Alison McGovern vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 972 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 936 different votes 972 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 15 No
Trade 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
98 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 155 shared votes
52 Aye 103 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
430
+284.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API