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Sir Christopher Chope vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 177 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 175 different votes 177 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 648
Participation
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 648
1,386
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
376
526 eligible divisions
588
42.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
56.1 % of votes cast
798
57.6 % of votes cast
No votes
165
43.9 % of votes cast
72
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 648
Appearances
73
+12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 648
47
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 648
Contributions
408
+299.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£249,241
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Migration
132 of 169 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Tax
220 of 318 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API