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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 193 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 179 different votes 193 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
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
48 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
18 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
18 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
422
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
225
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
197
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
16
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
93
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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