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Matt Bishop vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 149 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 146 different votes 149 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
43 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

53.9 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
306
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
142
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
164
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

31
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
41
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Contributions
32
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Tax
77 of 111 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API