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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 822 different votes 896 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
3 Aye 0 No
Housing 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
84 Aye 61 No
Tax 27% aligned 145 shared votes
50 Aye 95 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 23% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 13 No
Energy 22% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 127 shared votes
98 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
93
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.2 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 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
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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