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Sir Christopher Chope vs Steve Reed

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Steve Reed voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 894 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 858 different votes 894 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 27 No
Trade 7% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
103 Aye 58 No
4 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 18 No
Migration 0% aligned 79 shared votes
18 Aye 61 No
18 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
428
+282.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
304
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API