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Sir Christopher Chope vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 910 different votes 953 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 25 No
Trade 7% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
54 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 156 shared votes
96 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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
34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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