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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,065 different votes 1,105 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 4% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
102 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
61 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 88 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
88 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
110
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API