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Sir Christopher Chope vs Jim Dickson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Jim Dickson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 248 different votes 254 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
155
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
304
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
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API