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Matt Western vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 879 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 846 different votes 879 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
5 Aye 7 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 16 No
Trade 7% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
87 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 139 shared votes
46 Aye 93 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% 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

93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
No
Motion to sit in private 1 Mar 2024
Tax
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
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
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