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Stephen Morgan vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

Photograph of Stephen Morgan
Stephen Morgan
Lab Portsmouth South
vs
Photograph of Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Stephen Morgan and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 922 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 888 different votes 922 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
7 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
91 Aye 46 No
Tax 5% aligned 137 shared votes
43 Aye 94 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
88 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 146 shared votes
52 Aye 94 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 85 No
Migration 0% aligned 111 shared votes
85 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
921
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
785
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
132
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
43
-102.7 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,843,494
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£285,250
26% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
5
2 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

Education
72 of 76 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 46 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 18 Nov 2022
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
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