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Sir Christopher Chope vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 861 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 828 different votes 861 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 22 No
Trade 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
47 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 150 shared votes
101 Aye 49 No
14 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 18 No
Housing 3% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 100 shared votes
22 Aye 78 No
25 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sept 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No
Aye
Trade Bill: Amendment (a) to the motion to insist on Amendments 3C and 3D and disagree with Lords Amendment 3E 22 Mar 2021
Trade
Aye
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