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Sir Christopher Chope vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 479 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 454 different votes 479 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
14 Aye 36 No
Tax 16% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 2 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Trade 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 104 shared votes
24 Aye 80 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 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
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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