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Sir Christopher Chope vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 522 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 505 different votes 522 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
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Trade 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 70 No
Tax 2% aligned 100 shared votes
68 Aye 32 No
82 Aye 15 No
Migration 1% aligned 97 shared votes
14 Aye 83 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
594
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
804
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
32
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Contributions
74
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Education
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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