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Jess Asato vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 203 different votes 220 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 27 No
Tax 1% aligned 77 shared votes
26 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
227
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
238
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

21
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
29
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Contributions
42
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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