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Sir Christopher Chope vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,142 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,095 different votes 1,142 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
8 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 21 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 26 No
Trade 7% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
58 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
103 Aye 61 No
61 Aye 121 No
Tax 5% aligned 182 shared votes
116 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 21 No
Benefits 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
159
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
670
+524.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API