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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.

Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Sir Christopher Chope and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 184 different votes 186 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
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

59.4 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 398 of 649
1,402
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
575 eligible divisions
596
42.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
55.1 % of votes cast
806
57.5 % of votes cast
No votes
184
44.9 % of votes cast
73
5.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
340
+201.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£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
10 of 10 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 321 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API