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Sir Christopher Chope vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,314 shared comparable votes.

1,275 same votes 39 different votes 1,314 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
94 Aye 30 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
94 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
20 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 32 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 45 shared votes
13 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 96% aligned 23 shared votes
16 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 576 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,437
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
610
42.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
827
57.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
73
5.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

70
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
70
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
193 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Tax
228 of 332 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API