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Sir Christopher Chope vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Christopher Chope and Peter Dowd voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.
31 same votes
923 different votes
954 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
59.3 %
13 % below average
Participation
69.2 %
3 % below average
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,629
2,354 eligible divisions
593
42.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
912
56.0 % of votes cast
804
57.6 % of votes cast
No votes
717
44.0 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
33
-42.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
41
-34.1 vs Commons average
32
-101.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
29
-104.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API