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Ed Davey vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 734 shared comparable votes.

112 same votes 622 different votes 734 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
10 Aye 8 No
Education 61% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 13 No
Housing 53% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 46% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
48 Aye 43 No
Tax 43% aligned 91 shared votes
32 Aye 59 No
34 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 60 No
Migration 0% aligned 89 shared votes
60 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
715
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
561
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
11
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
170 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API