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Sir Christopher Chope vs Sammy Wilson

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 Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 926 shared comparable votes.

769 same votes 157 different votes 926 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
7 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 22 No
Migration 61% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 65% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 65% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 65% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

59.4 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,402
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
596
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
49.6 % of votes cast
806
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
736
50.4 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill: Instruction (Scotland) 29 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10D 17 Apr 2024
No
Aye
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 4 19 Mar 2024
Trade
Aye
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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