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Rachel Hopkins vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 686 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 663 different votes 686 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
12 Aye 5 No
Trade 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
77 Aye 37 No
Tax 4% aligned 114 shared votes
36 Aye 78 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,388
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
740
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
594
42.5 % of votes cast
648
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

89
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
104
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Contributions
32
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
2
2 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
52 of 53 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 1 Mar 2024
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
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