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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 123 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 119 different votes 123 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
2 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 11 No
Tax 2% aligned 46 shared votes
10 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API