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Gareth Snell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 525 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 492 different votes 525 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
64 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 102 shared votes
32 Aye 70 No
4 Aye 7 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 11 No
Transport 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Trade 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

174
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No
No
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
No
No
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No
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