Compare

Lucy Powell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 902 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 870 different votes 902 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
101 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
53 Aye 104 No
25 Aye 16 No
Trade 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
147
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
51 of 71 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
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill: Third Reading 30 Dec 2020
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API