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Andy Slaughter vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Andy Slaughter
Andy Slaughter
Lab Hammersmith and Chiswick
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,082 different votes 1,117 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
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 20 No
Trade 4% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 168 shared votes
58 Aye 110 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

81.8 %
9 % above average
Rank 161 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,925
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
1,070
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
855
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
110
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Contributions
32
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
64 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 75 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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