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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 775 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 724 different votes 775 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
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 11% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
95 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 143 shared votes
45 Aye 98 No
11 Aye 5 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

38
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
33
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 143 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
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
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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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