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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 619 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 587 different votes 619 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
12 Aye 5 No
Trade 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
66 Aye 30 No
Tax 4% aligned 96 shared votes
30 Aye 66 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
22
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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