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Jake Richards vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 192 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 188 different votes 192 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
17 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
17 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
414
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
Appearances
38
-37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 649
205
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649
Contributions
52
-81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
4
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API