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Keir Mather vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 268 different votes 276 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
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
45 Aye 26 No
Tax 4% aligned 71 shared votes
23 Aye 48 No
4 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
1
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
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
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