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Sir Christopher Chope vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and James Murray voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 602 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 582 different votes 602 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 8 No
Trade 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 17 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
36 Aye 71 No
Tax 4% aligned 107 shared votes
71 Aye 36 No
76 Aye 26 No
Migration 1% aligned 102 shared votes
25 Aye 77 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 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
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,199
1,638 eligible divisions
594
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
641
53.5 % of votes cast
804
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
558
46.5 % 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
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
71
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
32
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Contributions
620
+485.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 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
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sep 2021
No
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