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Sir Christopher Chope vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Derek Twigg voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 819 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 758 different votes 819 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
7 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
37 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 130 shared votes
91 Aye 39 No
3 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
27 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 13 No
Trade 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

49
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Appearances
52
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
42
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
39
-103.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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