Sir Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch
Christopher Chope has been an MP since 1983. Currently: Procedure Committee; Energy Security and Net Zero Committee; Modernisation Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Roads and Motoring) (Department for Transport) | 1990 to 1992 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) (Department for the Environment) | 1986 to 1990 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2003 to 2005 | |
| Shadow Spokesperson (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2002 to 2003 | |
| Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2001 to 2002 | |
| Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) (Department of Trade and Industry) | 1998 to 1999 | |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 1997 to 1998 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Procedure Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Modernisation Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Procedure Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2024 |
Show the other 22
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on Standards | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Committee of Privileges | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2017 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Committee of Privileges | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Justice Committee | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Committee of Privileges | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Standards and Privileges | 2012 to 2013 | |
| Political and Constitutional Reform Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) | 2008 | |
| Administration Committee | 2006 to 2010 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2005 to 2010 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2005 to 2017 | |
| Trade & Industry | 1999 to 2002 | |
| Procedure Committee | 1983 to 1987 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Vice-Chair, Conservative Party | 1997 to 1998 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Christopher Chope has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | 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). | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Joint Treasurer of the British-American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role. | 31 Jan 2024 |
| Family members employed | Christine Chope employed | – |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Carclew Limited | – |
| Miscellaneous | Retired barrister. | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Christopher Chope asked 113 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
73 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Christopher Chope represents Christchurch. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Christopher Chope won with 36% of the votes, and Mike Cox (Liberal Democrat) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Chope | Conservative | 16,941 | 35.8% |
| Mike Cox | Liberal Democrat | 9,486 | 20.0% |
| Robin Adamson | Reform UK | 8,961 | 18.9% |
| Joanna Howard | Labour | 7,762 | 16.4% |
| Susan Graham | Green Party | 1,900 | 4.0% |
| Simon McCormack | Independent | 1,728 | 3.7% |
| Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi | Animal Welfare Party | 335 | 0.7% |
| Steve Unwin | UK Independence Party | 163 | 0.3% |
| Trevor Parsons | Social Democratic Party | 59 | 0.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Christopher Chope took part in 132 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Christopher Chope voted the same way as their party in 126 of the 126 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this