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Ashley Dalton vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

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Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 318 different votes 329 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 4 No
Trade 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 6% aligned 66 shared votes
20 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 54 No
Migration 0% aligned 67 shared votes
54 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 54 No
Migration 0% aligned 67 shared votes
54 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 1 Mar 2024
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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