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Sir Christopher Chope vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Christopher Chope and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.
37 same votes
996 different votes
1,033 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
73.5%
1% above average
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-34.6 vs Commons average
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
60
-85.7 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
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15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API