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Tim Roca vs Sir Christopher Chope

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

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Tim Roca
Lab Macclesfield
vs
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Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Tim Roca and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 191 different votes 196 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
45 Aye 20 No
Tax 2% aligned 65 shared votes
19 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
441
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
234
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
207
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
68
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£202,502
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£202,502
10% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
5
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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