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Nick Smith vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 935 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 897 different votes 935 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
81 Aye 41 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 122 shared votes
41 Aye 81 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API