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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 192 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 190 different votes 192 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 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 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 8 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
600
42.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
809
57.4% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
73
5.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
Contributions
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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
£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
304
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
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Tax
220 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API