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Sir Christopher Chope vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,050 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,001 different votes 1,050 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
50 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 156 shared votes
103 Aye 53 No
19 Aye 26 No
Trade 4% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 22 No
Benefits 4% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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