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Lauren Edwards vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 221 different votes 225 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
28 Aye 47 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
484
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
242
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
242
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

46
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Appearances
38
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
63
-69.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
52
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API