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Mr Bayo Alaba vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Mr Bayo Alaba
Mr Bayo Alaba
Ind Southend East and Rochford
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Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Mr Bayo Alaba and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 183 different votes 196 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
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

68.8%
4% below average
Rank 451 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
406
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
207
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
199
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,644
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£178,644
21% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Transport
23 of 29 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 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
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
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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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