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Sir Christopher Chope vs Fred Thomas

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 Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Fred Thomas voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 200 different votes 203 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
58.2% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
168
41.8% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 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
£225,625
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£225,625
same as average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Education
44 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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