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Chris McDonald vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North
vs
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 184 different votes 198 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
24 Aye 50 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

92
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
405
+261.5 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
5
3 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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