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Sir Christopher Chope vs Mr James Frith

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 Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Mr James Frith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 496 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 472 different votes 496 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 104 shared votes
68 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 75 No
Tax 0% aligned 110 shared votes
75 Aye 35 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
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: 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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