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Steve Darling vs Sir Christopher Chope
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Steve Darling and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 193 shared comparable votes.
144 same votes
49 different votes
193 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
67.5%
5% below average
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
7
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API