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Sir Christopher Chope vs Kim Leadbeater

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 Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 581 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 569 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
3 Aye 12 No
Trade 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
69 Aye 24 No
Migration 1% aligned 93 shared votes
23 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

59.4 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,402
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,090
1,325 eligible divisions
596
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
567
52.0 % of votes cast
806
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
523
48.0 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
5 years, 1 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
4
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
63 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
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
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
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
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