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Dame Nia Griffith vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,030 different votes 1,084 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
8 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
103 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
58 Aye 106 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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