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Tahir Ali vs Sir Christopher Chope

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 649 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 624 different votes 649 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
12 Aye 5 No
Trade 12% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
72 Aye 35 No
Tax 3% aligned 107 shared votes
36 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
50
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 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

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API