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Ms Marie Rimmer vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Ms Marie Rimmer
Ms Marie Rimmer
Lab St Helens South and Whiston
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Ms Marie Rimmer and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 895 different votes 947 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
8 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 19 No
Trade 7% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
103 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
57 Aye 106 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 99 shared votes
81 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 437 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,652
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
883
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
769
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
32
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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

£1,944,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£257,584
14% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Education
77 of 96 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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