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Sir Christopher Chope vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Hilary Benn voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,059 different votes 1,100 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
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 18 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
59 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
103 Aye 62 No
20 Aye 27 No
Trade 4% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 19 No
Housing 3% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
462
+316.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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