Sir Christopher Chope
Conservative Christchurch
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
See Sir Christopher Chope’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →
Every Commons division on file for Sir Christopher Chope — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,409 of 2,376 (59%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Sir Christopher Chope doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sir Christopher Chope →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of company or organisation: Carclew Limited
(Updated 20 June 2017)
Retired barrister.
(Updated 1 June 2015)
Joint Treasurer of the British-American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 12 July 2023
(Registered 31 January 2024)
Director of Carclew Limited, a small private company which provides business consultancy services but excludes advice on parliamentary or public affairs (previously registered under Category 1 and updated 20 June 2017).
(Registered 1 April 2026)
Name: Christine Chope
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Secretary
Working pattern: Full time
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Sir Christopher Chope yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sir Christopher Chope has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£264,331.78 paid out to or for Sir Christopher Chope across 168 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sir Christopher Chope’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sir Christopher Chope — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sir Christopher Chope’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Sir Christopher Chope is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Tamesis Services Ltd — about £59,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sir Christopher Chope personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sir Christopher Chope is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
Compare Sir Christopher Chope with another MP →
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Hear, Hear is an independent, unofficial project — not affiliated with or endorsed by Parliament — run by one person, with no ads and no paywall. About · Privacy · Support this project ☕