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Sir Christopher Chope vs Robin Swann

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Robin Swann voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

168 same votes 28 different votes 196 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
3 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 52 No
Tax 94% aligned 77 shared votes
30 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 45% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 648
Participation
77.6 %
4 % above average
Rank 264 of 648
1,386
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
526 eligible divisions
588
42.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
221
54.2 % of votes cast
798
57.6 % of votes cast
No votes
187
45.8 % of votes cast
72
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

31
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 648
Appearances
101
+41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 648
47
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 648
Contributions
126
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,308
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,308
10 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Migration
132 of 169 votes
#3
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Tax
220 of 318 votes
#5
Migration
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API