UK Parliament · member 242
Sir Christopher Chope MP
- Party
- Conservative — Conservative and Unionist Party
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Member for this seat since
- 1 May 1997
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Sir Christopher Chope, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Shareholdings
- Shares in Carclew Limited
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). (registered 1 April 2026)
- Joint Treasurer of the British-American Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid role. (registered 31 January 2024)
- Retired barrister.
Family members employed
- Christine Chope employed
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 264 recorded divisions where Sir Christopher Chope and at least one other Conservative member were recorded voting, Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way as most voting Conservative members 261 times (98.9%).
This compares Sir Christopher Chope with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £15,091 across 73 claim lines; 2024-25: £249,241 across 95 claim lines; 2023-24: £253,475 across 128 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 67 | £9,552 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 6 | £5,539 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 4 | £219,334 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 81 | £21,152 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £3,693 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 4 | £3,198 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 3 | £1,864 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 14 | £209,192 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 99 | £32,040 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 10 | £6,717 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 3 | £4,598 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 2 | £928 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 January 2013 | Office Costs · Computer HW Purchase | computer — 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro | £999 | Paid |
| 15 January 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | electricity for 37 Bargates — office electricity | £100 | Paid |
| 25 November 2010 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | banner — as per invoice | £99 | Paid |
| 4 December 2021 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | 2nd class stamps | £99 | Paid |
| 23 January 2020 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Vodafone upgrade for mobile phone [***] | £99 | Paid |
| 7 June 2022 | Accommodation · Utilities | Other fuel — heating oil for [***] [***] | £988 | Paid |
| 22 December 2023 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | subscription to telegraph newspapers | £988 | Paid |
| 17 March 2023 | Office Costs · Utilities | Gas — 37 bargates gas bill from 26 Jan to 17 March payable on 17March | £99 | Paid |
| 13 October 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — bt fax line-july | £99 | Paid |
| 14 January 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — ovo energy bill for electricity -dec/jan | £98 | Paid |
| 17 August 2020 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — electricity to 31 july | £98 | Paid |
| 16 June 2014 | Accommodation · Electricity | electricity — electric to 28 may | £98 | Paid |
| 9 December 2020 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | stamps | £98 | Paid |
| 14 January 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — ovo energy bill for electricity -nov/dec | £96 | Paid |
| 27 January 2014 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | HP LASERJET CC532A YELLOW | £96 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.