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Sir Christopher Chope vs Ed Davey

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Ed Davey voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 730 shared comparable votes.

110 same votes 620 different votes 730 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
5 Aye 13 No
Education 61% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 53% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 46% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 59 No
Tax 43% aligned 91 shared votes
48 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 29 No
Migration 0% aligned 89 shared votes
29 Aye 60 No
10 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 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 581 of 649
Participation
60.2%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 649
1,402
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
596
42.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
806
57.5% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

45
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
64
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
40
-97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 649
Contributions
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API