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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 784 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 735 different votes 784 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
8 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 6 No
Energy 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 76 No
Migration 0% aligned 88 shared votes
76 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API