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Sir Christopher Chope vs Kim Johnson

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 Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson
Lab Liverpool Riverside

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Kim Johnson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 581 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 557 different votes 581 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Trade 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 8 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 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
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,173
1,658 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
595
50.7% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
578
49.3% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
102
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£286,858
27% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
55 of 64 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Education
56 of 69 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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