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Sarah Russell vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 221 different votes 227 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
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
23 Aye 45 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
239
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API