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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
8 Aye 21 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 26 No
Trade 6% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
53 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
102 Aye 56 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 21 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 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
69.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 444 of 649
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
Rank 521 of 649
Appearances
41
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
32
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Contributions
29
-104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£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

Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Migration
132 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Transport
75 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API