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Sir Christopher Chope vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Apsana Begum voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 550 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 510 different votes 550 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
5 Aye 7 No
Trade 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 90 shared votes
24 Aye 66 No
22 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
42
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
92
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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