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Rachel Gilmour vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 131 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 36 different votes 131 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
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 22 No
Tax 97% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 80% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 82% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 22 No
Tax 97% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
250
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
139
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
111
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
3
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Defence
18 of 34 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API