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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 891 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 848 different votes 891 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
17 Aye 5 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
103 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
56 Aye 106 No
24 Aye 18 No
Trade 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 60 No
Migration 0% aligned 83 shared votes
60 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 648
Participation
59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 648
1,457
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,386
2,312 eligible divisions
842
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
42.4 % of votes cast
615
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
798
57.6 % of votes cast
10
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
72
5.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 648
282
+173.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 648
Contributions
47
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Defence
44 of 59 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API