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Sir Christopher Chope vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 377 different votes 388 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Trade 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 52 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
49 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 15 No
Migration 2% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 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
65.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 514 of 649
1,400
2,359 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
1,070 eligible divisions
596
42.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
54.9 % of votes cast
804
57.4 % of votes cast
No votes
315
45.1 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

38
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 649
Appearances
76
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
36
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Contributions
184
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 135 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 43 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
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