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Sir Christopher Chope vs Sir John Hayes

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 Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

1,214 same votes 36 different votes 1,250 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
89 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
89 Aye 28 No
42 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
42 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
23 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 28 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 19 No
Energy 97% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
65 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 188 shared votes
67 Aye 121 No
13 Aye 20 No
Housing 97% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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 576 of 650
Participation
81.8%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 650
1,437
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,982
2,422 eligible divisions
610
42.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
935
47.2% of votes cast
827
57.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,047
52.8% of votes cast
73
5.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
144
+48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
70
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Contributions
291
+124.6 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
193 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 68 votes
Tax
228 of 332 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No rebel
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye rebel
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
No
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sept 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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