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Sir Christopher Chope vs Brian Mathew
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Christopher Chope and Brian Mathew voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 173 shared comparable votes.
139 same votes
34 different votes
173 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
59.3%
13% below average
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API