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Melanie Onn vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 638 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 611 different votes 638 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
82 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 120 shared votes
37 Aye 83 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
222
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
114
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 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

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
6
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Tax
94 of 112 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019 (SI 2019 No. 958) 25 Jun 2019
Energy Tax
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API