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Jeff Smith vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 898 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 862 different votes 898 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
9 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 6 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
98 Aye 51 No
Tax 5% aligned 149 shared votes
48 Aye 101 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
71
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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