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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 612 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 592 different votes 612 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 10 No
Trade 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
4
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
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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 Sept 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 Sept 2021
No
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