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Sir Christopher Chope vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 630 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 607 different votes 630 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 14 No
Trade 11% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
32 Aye 59 No
Tax 4% aligned 91 shared votes
59 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 17 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 17 No
Migration 0% aligned 99 shared votes
17 Aye 82 No
18 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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