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Jayne Kirkham vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 219 different votes 223 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
27 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
27 Aye 49 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
468
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
239
51.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
229
48.9 % 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

180
+105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
Appearances
38
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
221
+88.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
52
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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