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Karin Smyth vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 971 different votes 1,015 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 20 No
Trade 6% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
103 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
56 Aye 106 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 6 No
Benefits 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
411
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
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