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Mr David Lammy vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Mr David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Lab Tottenham
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Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Mr David Lammy and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 721 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 686 different votes 721 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
102 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 168 shared votes
60 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 32 No
Migration 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

48.7%
24% below average
Rank 623 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,156
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
696
60.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
460
39.8% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
11
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
26 years, 3 months
Since 22 Jun 2000
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
751
+605.1 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,872,069
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£268,880
19% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
7
4 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
186 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
32 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
123 of 230 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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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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