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Andy McDonald vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,029 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 977 different votes 1,029 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
9 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
103 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
58 Aye 106 No
27 Aye 15 No
Trade 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 5 No
Benefits 5% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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