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Nigel Farage vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 97 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 0 different votes 97 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
13 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 637 of 648
Participation
59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 648
170
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,386
2,312 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
42.4 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
798
57.6 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
72
5.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

14
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 648
16
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648
Contributions
47
-62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
35
7 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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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