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Sir Christopher Chope vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 239 different votes 244 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
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 56 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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