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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 945 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 895 different votes 945 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
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
90 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 153 shared votes
57 Aye 96 No
84 Aye 46 No
Tax 4% aligned 130 shared votes
45 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 72 No
Migration 0% aligned 98 shared votes
72 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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