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Greg Smith vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 819 shared comparable votes.

802 same votes 17 different votes 819 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
90 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
90 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 17 No
Trade 96% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 96% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 88 No
Tax 98% aligned 129 shared votes
43 Aye 86 No
31 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
90 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
90 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 650
Participation
59.5%
13% below average
Rank 576 of 650
1,506
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,437
2,417 eligible divisions
733
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
610
42.4% of votes cast
773
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
827
57.6% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

246
+151.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
370
+205.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 650
Contributions
70
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
62 of 82 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
228 of 331 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023 22 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Aye
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No rebel
Aye
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No rebel
Aye
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sept 2021
No rebel
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No rebel
No
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 rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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