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Sir Christopher Chope vs Barry Gardiner

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 Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 929 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 885 different votes 929 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
57 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 149 shared votes
89 Aye 60 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 26 No
Trade 4% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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