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Graham Stringer vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

129 same votes 683 different votes 812 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
41 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 67% aligned 101 shared votes
34 Aye 67 No
19 Aye 9 No
Trade 21% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Transport 18% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 13% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 581 of 649
1,364
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,402
2,366 eligible divisions
683
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
596
42.5% of votes cast
681
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
806
57.5% of votes cast
112
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
45
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
42
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
40
-97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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