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Sir Christopher Chope vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 410 different votes 421 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
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Trade 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 3 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
62 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 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
62.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 551 of 649
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
570 eligible divisions
594
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
168
47.2 % of votes cast
804
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
188
52.8 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
Appearances
57
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
32
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Contributions
501
+367.2 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Closure Motion: Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill second reading 18 Nov 2016
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API