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Marsha De Cordova vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Marsha De Cordova
Marsha De Cordova
Lab Battersea
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Marsha De Cordova and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 782 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 746 different votes 782 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
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
65 Aye 40 No
Tax 5% aligned 105 shared votes
39 Aye 66 No
84 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 138 shared votes
48 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
81 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 581 of 650
1,307
2,126 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
2,381 eligible divisions
710
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
602
42.6% of votes cast
597
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
811
57.4% of votes cast
17
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Appearances
50
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
202
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Contributions
43
-105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,680,513
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£260,847
15% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
2 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

Brexit / EU
155 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
56 of 70 votes
Migration
125 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Trade
65 of 87 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 52 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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