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Sir Christopher Chope vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 231 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 226 different votes 231 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
51 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 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
82.2 %
10 % above average
Rank 156 of 649
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
568 eligible divisions
593
42.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
247
52.9 % of votes cast
804
57.6 % of votes cast
No votes
220
47.1 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
95
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
52
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Contributions
104
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
132 of 169 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
220 of 321 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API