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Sir Christopher Chope vs Jake Richards

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 Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Jake Richards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 182 different votes 186 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
42 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
42 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 648
Participation
75.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 648
1,386
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
526 eligible divisions
588
42.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
209
52.8 % of votes cast
798
57.6 % of votes cast
No votes
187
47.2 % of votes cast
72
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 648
Appearances
49
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
47
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 648
Contributions
144
+35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
132 of 169 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Tax
220 of 318 votes
#5
Transport
19 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API