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Alistair Strathern vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 295 different votes 301 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 26 No
Migration 3% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
61 Aye 29 No
Tax 2% aligned 90 shared votes
27 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 218 of 650
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 580 of 650
580
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,393
2,349 eligible divisions
298
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.6 % of votes cast
282
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
800
57.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
72
5.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Appearances
34
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
70
-55.3 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
50
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
2
2 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API