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Emma Lewell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 995 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 922 different votes 995 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
96 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 148 shared votes
52 Aye 96 No
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
36 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

72
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
74
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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