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Sir John Whittingdale vs Sir Christopher Chope
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir John Whittingdale and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,200 shared comparable votes.
1,159 same votes
41 different votes
1,200 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.2%
8% above average
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
1,943
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,437
2,422 eligible divisions
931
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
610
42.4% of votes cast
1,012
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
827
57.6% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.1% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
87
-8.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
70
-25.6 vs Commons average
122
-44.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
70
-96.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API