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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 999 different votes 1,053 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 10 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
101 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 160 shared votes
54 Aye 106 No
90 Aye 50 No
Tax 4% aligned 140 shared votes
48 Aye 92 No
11 Aye 14 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
14
5 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
61 of 71 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 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
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
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
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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