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Sir Christopher Chope vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Olivia Blake voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 600 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 580 different votes 600 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
4 Aye 4 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 12 No
Trade 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 98 shared votes
26 Aye 72 No
21 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 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
74.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,224
1,638 eligible divisions
594
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
52.6 % of votes cast
804
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
580
47.4 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
39
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649
32
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Contributions
44
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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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