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Sir Christopher Chope vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 926 different votes 965 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
52 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
107 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 27 No
Migration 0% aligned 106 shared votes
27 Aye 79 No
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
43
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
48
-97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API