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Ed Miliband vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 780 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 749 different votes 780 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
99 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 154 shared votes
52 Aye 102 No
17 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
88 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sept 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill: Third Reading 30 Dec 2020
Aye
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