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Sir Christopher Chope vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Ben Maguire voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

120 same votes 47 different votes 167 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
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 32 No
Tax 92% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 8 No
Housing 89% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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