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Sir Christopher Chope vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,028 different votes 1,078 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 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 28 No
Trade 6% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
58 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
37 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 93 shared votes
57 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 19 No
Benefits 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
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