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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.

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 308 different votes 314 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
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 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

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
294
48.8% 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, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649

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
133 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API