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Sir Christopher Chope vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 269 different votes 277 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
3 Aye 8 No
Trade 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
1 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 47 No
Tax 1% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
408
+262.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API