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Sarah Champion vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 938 different votes 981 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
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
89 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 141 shared votes
52 Aye 89 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
910
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
760
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
10
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sept 2021
No
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