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Lisa Smart vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 46 different votes 167 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
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 37 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
19 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
2
0.5% 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

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
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
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
28 of 34 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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API