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Sir Christopher Chope vs Matt Rodda

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 Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Matt Rodda voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 983 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 936 different votes 983 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
7 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
43 Aye 103 No
Tax 5% aligned 146 shared votes
99 Aye 47 No
52 Aye 94 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 146 shared votes
88 Aye 58 No
9 Aye 17 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 20 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 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
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
791
45.6% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 55 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Education
70 of 76 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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