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Jim McMahon vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 995 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 947 different votes 995 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
100 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 153 shared votes
50 Aye 103 No
21 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API