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Jim Allister vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

173 same votes 14 different votes 187 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
3 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.8%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
59.2%
12% below average
Rank 565 of 649
406
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,402
2,368 eligible divisions
199
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
596
42.5% of votes cast
207
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
806
57.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

197
+117.4 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Appearances
45
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 649
256
+117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Contributions
40
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API