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John McDonnell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,116 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,074 different votes 1,116 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
101 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
58 Aye 104 No
27 Aye 19 No
Trade 4% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
45 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 84 shared votes
40 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 8 No
Benefits 4% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 95 No
Migration 0% aligned 120 shared votes
95 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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