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Emma Hardy vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 852 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 818 different votes 852 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
7 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 15 No
Trade 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
88 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 142 shared votes
48 Aye 94 No
81 Aye 37 No
Tax 2% aligned 118 shared votes
35 Aye 83 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
393
+247.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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
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
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
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
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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