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Jo Platt vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 502 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 489 different votes 502 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
70 Aye 36 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 106 shared votes
31 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 117 shared votes
38 Aye 79 No
14 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
440
570 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
225
51.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
594
42.5 % of votes cast
215
48.9 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.5 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

32
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
41
-92.8 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Contributions
32
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union 29 Mar 2019
No
No
Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act main motion 12 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
UK's withdrawal from the EU: main motion 14 Feb 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API