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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,098 different votes 1,158 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
9 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 21 No
Trade 4% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 7 No
Benefits 4% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
103 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
60 Aye 109 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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: 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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) 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
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
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
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
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
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