Sir Christopher Chope

MP since 1 May 1997

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Sir Christopher Chope is the Conservative MP for Christchurch, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

1392

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

7,455

Majority

35.8%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 47,335 voters

Conservative
16,941 votes35.8%
Liberal Democrat
9,486 votes20.0%
Reform UK
8,961 votes18.9%
Labour
7,762 votes16.4%
Green Party
1,900 votes4.0%
Independent
1,728 votes3.6%
Animal Welfare Party
335 votes0.7%
UK Independence Party
163 votes0.3%
Social Democratic Party
59 votes0.1%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

216

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

88

Debates Spoken In

236

Speeches

275

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 NO

Victims and Courts Bill

2 votes · 25 Mar 2026

2 AYE

Opposition Day Motion

2 votes · 24 Mar 2026

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5 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

5 votes · 23 Mar 2026

3 AYE

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 11 Mar 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Courts and Tribunals Bill

2 votes · 10 Mar 2026

2 AYE1 NO

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

3 votes · 23 Feb 2026

Financial Interests(5)

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

Role, work or services
Director
Payer
Carclew Limited, private address
Additional information
A small private company which provides business consultancy services but excludes advice on parliamentary or public affairs.

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation
Carclew Limited

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Retired barrister. (Updated 1 June 2015)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
12 July 2023

Registered 31 January 2024

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name
Christine Chope
Relationship
Spouse
Role
Secretary
Working pattern
Full time

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sir in Parliament

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport20 Jul 2023

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology19 Jul 2023

What steps he is taking to regulate the use of autonomous vehicles.

What steps he is taking to regulate the use of autonomous vehicles.

Department for Transport13 Jul 2023

What assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the Regulatory Policy Committee s

What assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the Regulatory Policy Committee statement on the Renters (Reform) Bill impact assessment, published on 3 July 2023.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities10 Jul 2023

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the population on the ability to

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the population on the ability to meet net zero targets.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero4 Jul 2023

What recent assessment he has made of the annual cost to the economy of road traffic congestion in E

What recent assessment he has made of the annual cost to the economy of road traffic congestion in England.

Department for Transport8 Jun 2023

When he last met the Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to d

When he last met the Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to discuss vaccine safety.

Department of Health and Social Care6 Jun 2023

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities5 Jun 2023

What recent assessment she has made of the quality and value of education provided by independent sc

What recent assessment she has made of the quality and value of education provided by independent schools in England.

Department for Education17 Apr 2023

When the Rapid Response Unit was disbanded and what happened to the information it collected.

When the Rapid Response Unit was disbanded and what happened to the information it collected.

Cabinet Office16 Mar 2023
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