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Sir Christopher Chope vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 911 different votes 959 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
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 22 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
48 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 150 shared votes
99 Aye 51 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 23 No
Trade 5% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
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
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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