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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 670 shared comparable votes.

153 same votes 517 different votes 670 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
22 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 51% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 47% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 5 No
Benefits 27% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
59.4 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,402
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
596
42.5 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
806
57.5 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

1
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
44
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
1
-137.5 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
42
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 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
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
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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 1 Mar 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
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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