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Sir Christopher Chope vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Pat McFadden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 938 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 900 different votes 938 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 24 No
Trade 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
59 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
103 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 103 shared votes
26 Aye 77 No
30 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
35
-48.6 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
255
+109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 86 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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 Sept 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
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
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