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Sir Christopher Chope vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 302 different votes 308 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 7 No
Migration 3% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 63 No
Tax 2% aligned 90 shared votes
61 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

59.4 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
1,402
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
744 eligible divisions
596
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
304
51.6 % of votes cast
806
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
285
48.4 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
192 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API