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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir Christopher Chope</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> <a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2017</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 22 July 1990 – 10 April 1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> <a href="John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Robert_Atkins_(politician)" title="Robert Atkins (politician)">Robert Atkins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Kenneth_Carlisle" title="Kenneth Carlisle">Kenneth Carlisle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 10 September 1986 – 22 July 1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Prime Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="George_Young%2C_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">George Young</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Patrick_Nicholls" title="Patrick Nicholls">Patrick Nicholls</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="Christchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Christchurch</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><a href="Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">Assumed office 1 May 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Diana_Maddock" class="mw-redirect" title="Diana Maddock">Diana Maddock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">7,455 (15.8%)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="Southampton_Itchen" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Itchen">Southampton Itchen</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office 9 June 1983 – 16 March 1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Bob_Mitchell_(British_politician)" title="Bob Mitchell (British politician)">Bob Mitchell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="John_Denham_(politician)" title="John Denham (politician)">John Denham</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">

</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Christopher Robert Chope</div> (1947-05-19) 19 May 1947<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <a href="Putney%2C_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Putney, London">Putney, London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1298804929">

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<div class="marriage-display-inline"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Christine Mary Hutchinson</div>

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</style>1987)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chrischope.com/">www.chrischope.com</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

Sir Christopher Robert Chope <a href="Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> (born 19 May 1947) is a British <a href="Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> and former <a href="Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a> who has served as the <a href="Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="Christchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Christchurch</a> in <a href="Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> since <a href="1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>. A member of the <a href="Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, he was first elected in <a href="1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> for <a href="Southampton_Itchen" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Itchen">Southampton Itchen</a>, but lost this seat in <a href="1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a> to <a href="Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>. He returned to Parliament in 1997 and has remained an MP ever since.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>

Christopher Chope was born in <a href="Putney" title="Putney">Putney</a>, the son of Pamela (née Durell) and Robert Charles Chope (1913–1988), a <a href="Circuit_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="Circuit judge (England and Wales)">circuit judge</a> and former judge of <a href="County_court#England_and_Wales" title="County court">county courts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> He was privately educated at the St Andrew's <a href="Preparatory_school_(United_Kingdom)" title="Preparatory school (United Kingdom)">Preparatory School</a> in <a href="Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a> and then <a href="Marlborough_College" title="Marlborough College">Marlborough College</a>. He then attended <a href="University_of_Dundee" title="University of Dundee">Queen's College</a> at the <a href="University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a> (now the <a href="University_of_Dundee" title="University of Dundee">University of Dundee</a>) where he was awarded an <a href="LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a> degree in 1970. He was a contemporary of <a href="Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a> and

<a href="Michael_Forsyth%2C_Baron_Forsyth_of_Drumlean" title="Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean">Michael Forsyth</a>, and was influenced by <a href="Madsen_Pirie" title="Madsen Pirie">Madsen Pirie</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> He finished his education at the <a href="Inns_of_Court_School_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Inns of Court School of Law">Inns of Court School of Law</a>. Chope was <a href="Called_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the bar">called to the bar</a> at the <a href="Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a> in 1972.

Chope was elected as a councillor on the <a href="Wandsworth_London_Borough_Council" title="Wandsworth London Borough Council">Wandsworth London Borough Council</a> in 1974 and became the council leader in 1979; he left the council on his first election to <a href="Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> in 1983. Chope was appointed an <a href="Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> in the <a href="1982_New_Year_Honours" title="1982 New Year Honours">1982 New Year Honours</a> for services to <a href="Local_government" title="Local government">local government</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2></div>

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Chope was elected as an MP at the <a href="1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a> for <a href="Southampton_Itchen" class="mw-redirect" title="Southampton Itchen">Southampton Itchen</a> where he defeated the <a href="Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a> (and previously <a href="Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>) MP <a href="Bob_Mitchell_(British_politician)" title="Bob Mitchell (British politician)">Bob Mitchell</a> by 5,290 votes and became the first Conservative MP for Southampton Itchen since the constituency was created in 1950.

Chope was appointed as the <a href="Parliamentary_private_secretary" title="Parliamentary private secretary">parliamentary private secretary</a> to <a href="Peter_Brooke%2C_Baron_Brooke_of_Sutton_Mandeville" title="Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville">Peter Brooke</a>, the <a href="Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> at the <a href="HM_Treasury" title="HM Treasury">Treasury</a> in 1986, before being promoted by <a href="Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> to serve in her government as the <a href="Parliamentary_under-secretary_of_state" title="Parliamentary under-secretary of state">parliamentary under-secretary of state</a> at the <a href="Secretary_of_State_for_the_Environment" title="Secretary of State for the Environment">Department for the Environment</a> later in the same year, where he was responsible for steering through the <a href="Council_Tax" title="Council Tax">Council Tax</a> legislation, the replacement for the disastrous and derided <a href="Poll_tax_(Great_Britain)" title="Poll tax (Great Britain)">Poll tax</a>, which was withdrawn after a massive popular revolt.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> He was moved under the leadership of <a href="John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> to serve in the same rank at the <a href="Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department of Transport</a> from 1990 until he lost his Southampton Itchen seat to <a href="John_Denham_(politician)" title="John Denham (politician)">John Denham</a> at the <a href="1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>.

Following his defeat, Chope took up a consultancy with <a href="Ernst_%26_Young" title="Ernst & Young">Ernst & Young</a> in 1992, but was re-elected at the <a href="1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> for the <a href="Christchurch_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)">Christchurch constituency</a>. In 1997, he became a spokesman on the Environment, Transport and the Regions as well as being the Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party under <a href="William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>, but left the <a href="Frontbench" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontbench">frontbench</a> later that year when he became a member of the <a href="Department_of_Trade_and_Industry_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)">Trade and Industry</a> <a href="Select_committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Select committee (United Kingdom)">Select committee</a>. He returned to the frontbench after the <a href="2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 election</a> as a spokesman on the Treasury. In 2002, he moved to Transport, then left frontbench politics after the <a href="2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>. He currently serves on the <a href="Panel_of_Chairs" title="Panel of Chairs">Panel of Chairs</a>.

Chope was chairman of the <a href="Thatcherite" class="mw-redirect" title="Thatcherite">Thatcherite</a> <a href="Conservative_Way_Forward" title="Conservative Way Forward">Conservative Way Forward</a> group.

During the <a href="United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">expenses scandal</a> of 2009, it emerged that Chope claimed £136,992 in parliamentary expenses in 2007–8. This included claiming £881 to repair a sofa.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a>

On 11 October 2011, Chope questioned the time allotted to a debate on MPs' pensions. Because this debate came before a debate into the <a href="Hillsborough_disaster" title="Hillsborough disaster">Hillsborough disaster</a> inquiry, it was reported that Chope had threatened to delay the inquiry, leading to widespread criticism of Chope's actions.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

Chope was criticised following remarks made on 17 January 2013<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> when he referred to House of Commons dining room staff as "servants" in a speech.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a>

Chope was appointed a <a href="Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knight Bachelor</a> in the <a href="2018_New_Year_Honours" title="2018 New Year Honours">2018 New Year Honours</a> for political and public service.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Following the <a href="2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>, Chope was appointed as acting Second Deputy <a href="Chairman_of_Ways_and_Means" title="Chairman of Ways and Means">Chairman of Ways and Means</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_views">Political views</h3></div>

On 10 February 2009 Chope co-sponsored an Employment Opportunities Bill to the House of Commons, which would have enabled workers to opt out of the <a href="Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The bill was objected to and later dropped.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a>

<a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> reported in 2010 that Chope was sceptical of <a href="Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> and attended a meeting of <a href="Climate_change_sceptics" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate change sceptics">climate change sceptics</a> in the <a href="Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a> in October 2010.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a>

Chope helped to lead backbench support for the motion calling for a referendum to leave the European Union. He was heavily involved in the use of <a href="Private_member's_bill" title="Private member's bill">private member's bills</a> to achieve this aim.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Chope has consistently supported <a href="Britain's_withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Britain's withdrawal from the European Union">Britain's withdrawal from the European Union</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Prior to the <a href="2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 referendum</a>, he announced his support for Brexit.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> He has been supportive of <a href="Leave_Means_Leave" title="Leave Means Leave">Leave Means Leave</a>, a Eurosceptic pressure group.<a href="#cite_note-:0-24">[24]</a>

Chope voted against the <a href="Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">legislation for same-sex marriage</a> in 2013.<a href="#cite_note-Guardian-25">[25]</a>

In 2014 Chope voted against requiring all companies with more than 250 employees to declare the gap in pay between the average male and average female salaries.<a href="#cite_note-Independent-26">[26]</a>

In June 2013 Chope was one of four MPs who camped outside Parliament in a move to facilitate parliamentary debate on an 'Alternative Queen's Speech' – an attempt to show what a future Conservative government might deliver.<a href="#cite_note-AQS-27">[27]</a> 42 policies were listed including <a href="Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Capital punishment in the United Kingdom">reintroduction</a> of the <a href="Death_penalty" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty">death penalty</a> and <a href="Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">conscription</a>, the privatisation of the <a href="BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, banning the <a href="Burqa" title="Burqa">burka</a> in public places, holding a referendum on same-sex marriage and preparing to leave the <a href="European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AQS-27">[27]</a> In 1990, while a Southampton MP, Chope voted for the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder under certain circumstances.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a>

In July 2017 Chope and <a href="Peter_Bone" title="Peter Bone">Peter Bone</a>, the Conservative MP for <a href="Wellingborough_and_Rushden" class="mw-redirect" title="Wellingborough and Rushden">Wellingborough and Rushden</a>, tabled 73 bills between them, of which 47 were placed by Chope.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-30">[30]</a> In order to be at the front of the queue to table the bills, the pair had camped in the Palace of Westminster for three days. Chope's bills included legislation to privatise the BBC and <a href="Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, limit the interest rate chargeable on <a href="Tuition_fees_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tuition fees in the United Kingdom">student loan debt</a> (and forgive it in certain circumstances), reduce <a href="Stamp_duty_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Stamp duty in the United Kingdom">stamp duty</a>, and decriminalise TV licence-dodging. Because of the number of slots for bills they took, Chope and Bone were criticised, including by <a href="Paul_Flynn_(politician)" title="Paul Flynn (politician)">Paul Flynn</a>, for their actions.<a href="#cite_note-:4-30">[30]</a>

In March 2019 Chope was one of 21 MPs who voted against LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education in English schools.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a>

In October 2022 Chope said that <a href="Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> would be unable to unite the Conservative Party as Prime Minister.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a>

In March 2023 Chope voted against the <a href="Windsor_Framework" title="Windsor Framework">Windsor Framework</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Later in the year he attended a conference hosted by the Hungarian prime minister, <a href="Viktor_Orban" class="mw-redirect" title="Viktor Orban">Viktor Orban</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a>

In 2024 Chope criticised leadership contender <a href="Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a> during the <a href="2024_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2024 Conservative Party leadership election">2024 Conservative Party leadership election</a> for having parental responsibilities, stating that <a href="Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a> brought more energy to the campaign.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Alan_Turing#Government_apology_and_pardon" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing § Government apology and pardon</a>, and <a href="Voyeurism_(Offences)_Act_2019" title="Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019">Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019</a></div>Chope is a member of a group of <a href="Backbench" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbench">backbench</a> Conservative MPs who regularly object to <a href="Private_Members'_Bills_in_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Private Members' Bills in the Parliament of the United Kingdom">private members bills</a> which, in their view, have not received sufficient scrutiny. These have included a number which were previously believed to have widespread public and parliamentary support.<a href="#cite_note-:1-37">[37]</a> This conduct, along with his involvement in cutting the public housing budget during his time in government,<a href="#cite_note-Blundell2013-38">[38]</a> has earned Chope the nickname "Chopper".

The <a href="BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s parliamentary correspondent, Mark D'Arcy, said the group claims to "make a practice of ensuring that what they see as well-meaning but flabby legislation is not lazily plopped on to the statute book by a few MPs on a poorly attended Friday sitting."<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Chope said that he objects on principle to legislation being introduced to the statute books without debate: "[T]his is something I have fought for in most of my time as an MP and it goes to the very heart of the power balance between the government and Parliament. The government is abusing parliamentary time for its own ends and in a democracy this is not acceptable. The government cannot just bring in what it wants on the nod."<a href="#cite_note-Martin-40">[40]</a>

It has been suggested that Chope does not object to all such bills, particularly those that align with his own political views and those of his compatriots, with Conservative MP <a href="Zac_Goldsmith" title="Zac Goldsmith">Zac Goldsmith</a> commenting: "In case anyone is tempted to believe he has a principled objection to private members' bills, please note that once again he did not object to those put forward by his friends."<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a>

On 12 March 2010, Chope blocked a bill to protect poor countries from <a href="Vulture_fund" title="Vulture fund">vulture funds</a>, despite his party's support for the bill.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a>

In December 2013, Chope objected to the second reading of the <a href="Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a> (Statutory Pardon) Bill in the <a href="House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-turingpinknewsdec2013-44">[44]</a> Because of this, the government decided to act under the <a href="Royal_prerogative_of_mercy" title="Royal prerogative of mercy">royal prerogative of mercy</a>. On 24 December 2013, <a href="Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> granted Turing a free pardon.<a href="#cite_note-turingindependent24dec2013-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-turingpardontelegraph24dec2013-46">[46]</a>

In November 2014, Chope blocked a bill that would have banned the use of wild animals in circus performances, on the basis that a bill on EU membership should have been called before the bill.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> In the same month, Chope, alongside <a href="Philip_Davies" title="Philip Davies">Philip Davies</a>, the Conservative MP for <a href="Shipley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)">Shipley</a>, <a href="Filibuster" title="Filibuster">filibustered</a> a bill intended to make <a href="Revenge_eviction" title="Revenge eviction">revenge evictions</a> an offence.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Defending his filibuster, Chope said that the bill would have weakened landlords' ability to recover possession, deterring them from letting properties.<a href="#cite_note-:2-49">[49]</a> Chope was reported as having been a private landlord himself, but he denied these claims.<a href="#cite_note-:2-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a>

In October 2015, Chope, Davies and Conservative MP <a href="David_Nuttall" title="David Nuttall">David Nuttall</a> filibustered a private member's bill that would have placed restrictions on <a href="Health_care_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care in the United Kingdom">hospital parking charges</a> for carers.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a>

On 15 June 2018, Chope blocked the passage of a private member's bill that would have made <a href="Upskirt" title="Upskirt">upskirting</a> a specific offence. Chope said that his reason for blocking the passage was in objection to parliamentary procedure rather than to the bill itself: he stated that he would "wholeheartedly" support a government bill that outlawed upskirting.<a href="#cite_note-Martin-40">[40]</a> Chope's actions drew immediate criticism from fellow MPs, including some in his own party.<a href="#cite_note-:3-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> The prime minister, <a href="Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>, also expressed her disappointment at the objection.<a href="#cite_note-:3-52">[52]</a> Following his objection, the government reaffirmed its commitment to introduce legislation to outlaw upskirting<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> and the bill passed subject to <a href="Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> in January 2019.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In protest at his actions, staff at the House of Commons placed a <a href="Bunting_(textile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunting (textile)">bunting</a> of women's underwear outside Chope's office entrance. A similar bunting was also placed outside his constituency office.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Protestors also confronted Chope at his constituency surgery.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a>

On the same day as the upskirting bill, Chope and Davies forced a delay to the final debate on a bill that would have improved the oversight of the use of force in mental health units. Chope also blocked a bill that would have given extra legal protection to <a href="Police_dog" title="Police dog">police dogs</a> and <a href="Police_horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Police horse">horses</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a>

On 16 July 2018, Chope blocked a motion calling for the House of Commons chamber to be used for a Women MPs of the World Conference on a day in November when MPs were not sitting.<a href="#cite_note-:5-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-:6-61">[61]</a> The conference was due to the mark the centenary of <a href="Women's_suffrage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom">women's suffrage in the United Kingdom</a>;<a href="#cite_note-:6-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> the motion had been moved by Conservative MP <a href="Mims_Davies" title="Mims Davies">Mims Davies</a> and was supported by <a href="Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a>, the <a href="Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>. Defending his actions, Chope stated that the Commons chamber should only be used by elected parliamentarians, with the exception of its annual use by the <a href="UK_Youth_Parliament" title="UK Youth Parliament">UK Youth Parliament</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:5-60">[60]</a> Alongside Conservative MP Sir <a href="Desmond_Swayne" title="Desmond Swayne">Desmond Swayne</a>, Chope tabled an amendment to the motion which would require the conference to invite only parliamentarians and hold a debate while using the chamber.<a href="#cite_note-:5-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Following Chope's actions, the government resubmitted the motion with the support of several departments.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a>

On 23 November 2018, Chope objected to a bill that would have amended the <a href="Children_Act_1989" title="Children Act 1989">Children Act 1989</a> in order to increase the protective power of courts over girls at risk of <a href="Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-:7-68">[68]</a> Defending his actions, Chope said that the bill was an act of "<a href="Virtue_signalling" title="Virtue signalling">virtue signalling</a>". <a href="Lord_Berkeley_of_Knighton" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Berkeley of Knighton">Lord Berkeley of Knighton</a>, who had introduced the bill to the House of Lords, called for Chope to be deselected.<a href="#cite_note-:7-68">[68]</a> On 8 February 2019, Chope again blocked the bill.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> However, on 15 March 2019, the bill received its <a href="Royal_Assent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Assent">Royal Assent</a> and became law.<a href="#cite_note-FGMBill-70">[70]</a>

In November 2021, Chope objected to a motion from the <a href="Commons_Select_Committee_on_Standards" title="Commons Select Committee on Standards">Select Committee on Standards</a> that would have passed the report regarding the lobbying rules breached by <a href="Owen_Paterson" title="Owen Paterson">Owen Paterson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-:8-72">[72]</a> <a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> reported that this was said to have caused fury within the Conservative Parliamentary Party, as it was hoping the vote would draw a line underneath the episode and allow the government to move on from accusations of sleaze, but simply allowed the criticism to continue.<a href="#cite_note-:8-72">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> His actions led to newspaper comments from MPs, describing both him and his action in unflattering terms.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> One minister expressed anonymously that "He has been for many year a Jurassic embarrassment – tonight he crossed a line. The man should retire and the executive are livid".<a href="#cite_note-:8-72">[72]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div>

On 20 April 1987, Chope married Christine Mary, daughter of Robert Hutchinson, of Wimborne, in <a href="Wimborne_Minster" title="Wimborne Minster">Wimborne Minster</a>.<a href="#cite_note-marriage-76">[76]</a> Prior to their marriage, Christine had been employed as Chope's House of Commons' secretary and researcher for three years.<a href="#cite_note-marriage-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> They have two children.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Opposition_frontbench_of_Kemi_Badenoch" title="Opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch">Opposition Frontbench</a></li>

<li><a href="1922_Committee" title="1922 Committee">1922 Committee</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_North_East_England" title="Parliamentary constituencies in North East England">North East England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Matt_Vickers" title="Matt Vickers">Matt Vickers</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_North_West_England" title="Parliamentary constituencies in North West England">North West England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Aphra_Brandreth" title="Aphra Brandreth">Aphra Brandreth</a></li>

<li><a href="Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Snowden" title="Andrew Snowden">Andrew Snowden</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Yorkshire_and_the_Humber" title="Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber">Yorkshire and the Humber</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="David_Davis_(British_politician)" title="David Davis (British politician)">David Davis</a></li>

<li><a href="Charlie_Dewhirst" title="Charlie Dewhirst">Charlie Dewhirst</a></li>

<li><a href="Kevin_Hollinrake" title="Kevin Hollinrake">Kevin Hollinrake</a></li>

<li><a href="Robbie_Moore_(politician)" title="Robbie Moore (politician)">Robbie Moore</a></li>

<li><a href="Alec_Shelbrooke" title="Alec Shelbrooke">Alec Shelbrooke</a></li>

<li><a href="Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Graham_Stuart_(politician)" title="Graham Stuart (politician)">Graham Stuart</a></li>

<li><a href="Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li>

<li><a href="Martin_Vickers" title="Martin Vickers">Martin Vickers</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_the_East_Midlands" title="Parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands">East Midlands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Stuart_Andrew" title="Stuart Andrew">Stuart Andrew</a></li>

<li><a href="Edward_Argar" title="Edward Argar">Edward Argar</a></li>

<li><a href="Victoria_Atkins" title="Victoria Atkins">Victoria Atkins</a></li>

<li><a href="Peter_Bedford_(politician)" title="Peter Bedford (politician)">Peter Bedford</a></li>

<li><a href="Sarah_Bool" title="Sarah Bool">Sarah Bool</a></li>

<li><a href="Alberto_Costa_(British_politician)" title="Alberto Costa (British politician)">Alberto Costa</a></li>

<li><a href="Gareth_Davies_(English_politician)" title="Gareth Davies (English politician)">Gareth Davies</a></li>

<li><a href="Luke_Evans_(politician)" title="Luke Evans (politician)">Luke Evans</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Hayes_(British_politician)" title="John Hayes (British politician)">John Hayes</a></li>

<li><a href="Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></li>

<li><a href="Caroline_Johnson" title="Caroline Johnson">Caroline Johnson</a></li>

<li><a href="Alicia_Kearns" title="Alicia Kearns">Alicia Kearns</a></li>

<li><a href="Edward_Leigh" title="Edward Leigh">Edward Leigh</a></li>

<li><a href="Neil_O'Brien" title="Neil O'Brien">Neil O'Brien</a></li>

<li><a href="Shivani_Raja" title="Shivani Raja">Shivani Raja</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_the_West_Midlands_(region)" title="Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Stuart_Anderson_(politician)" title="Stuart Anderson (politician)">Stuart Anderson</a></li>

<li><a href="Harriett_Baldwin" title="Harriett Baldwin">Harriett Baldwin</a></li>

<li><a href="Saqib_Bhatti" title="Saqib Bhatti">Saqib Bhatti</a></li>

<li><a href="Karen_Bradley" title="Karen Bradley">Karen Bradley</a></li>

<li><a href="Mark_Garnier" title="Mark Garnier">Mark Garnier</a></li>

<li><a href="Nigel_Huddleston" title="Nigel Huddleston">Nigel Huddleston</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Mitchell" title="Andrew Mitchell">Andrew Mitchell</a></li>

<li><a href="Wendy_Morton" title="Wendy Morton">Wendy Morton</a></li>

<li><a href="Jesse_Norman" title="Jesse Norman">Jesse Norman</a></li>

<li><a href="Mark_Pritchard_(politician)" title="Mark Pritchard (politician)">Mark Pritchard</a></li>

<li><a href="Neil_Shastri-Hurst" title="Neil Shastri-Hurst">Neil Shastri-Hurst</a></li>

<li><a href="Bradley_Thomas_(British_politician)" title="Bradley Thomas (British politician)">Bradley Thomas</a></li>

<li><a href="Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_the_East_of_England" title="Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England">East of England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a></li>

<li><a href="Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li>

<li><a href="Alex_Burghart" title="Alex Burghart">Alex Burghart</a></li>

<li><a href="James_Cartlidge" title="James Cartlidge">James Cartlidge</a></li>

<li><a href="James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></li>

<li><a href="Lewis_Cocking" title="Lewis Cocking">Lewis Cocking</a></li>

<li><a href="Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></li>

<li><a href="Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Freeman_(politician)" title="George Freeman (politician)">George Freeman</a></li>

<li><a href="Richard_Fuller_(Conservative_politician)" title="Richard Fuller (Conservative politician)">Richard Fuller</a></li>

<li><a href="Rebecca_Harris" title="Rebecca Harris">Rebecca Harris</a></li>

<li><a href="Richard_Holden_(British_politician)" title="Richard Holden (British politician)">Richard Holden</a></li>

<li><a href="Neil_Hudson_(politician)" title="Neil Hudson (politician)">Neil Hudson</a></li>

<li><a href="Bernard_Jenkin" title="Bernard Jenkin">Bernard Jenkin</a></li>

<li><a href="Jerome_Mayhew" title="Jerome Mayhew">Jerome Mayhew</a></li>

<li><a href="Gagan_Mohindra" title="Gagan Mohindra">Gagan Mohindra</a></li>

<li><a href="Ben_Obese-Jecty" title="Ben Obese-Jecty">Ben Obese-Jecty</a></li>

<li><a href="Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li>

<li><a href="Blake_Stephenson" title="Blake Stephenson">Blake Stephenson</a></li>

<li><a href="Nick_Timothy" title="Nick Timothy">Nick Timothy</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Whittingdale" title="John Whittingdale">John Whittingdale</a></li>

<li><a href="James_Wild_(politician)" title="James Wild (politician)">James Wild</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_London" title="Parliamentary constituencies in London">London</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Gareth_Bacon" title="Gareth Bacon">Gareth Bacon</a></li>

<li><a href="Bob_Blackman" title="Bob Blackman">Bob Blackman</a></li>

<li><a href="Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Peter_Fortune" title="Peter Fortune">Peter Fortune</a></li>

<li><a href="Louie_French" title="Louie French">Louie French</a></li>

<li><a href="Julia_Lopez_(politician)" title="Julia Lopez (politician)">Julia Lopez</a></li>

<li><a href="Chris_Philp" title="Chris Philp">Chris Philp</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Rosindell" title="Andrew Rosindell">Andrew Rosindell</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Simmonds" title="David Simmonds">David Simmonds</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_South_East_England" title="Parliamentary constituencies in South East England">South East England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Suella Braverman</a></li>

<li><a href="Claire_Coutinho" title="Claire Coutinho">Claire Coutinho</a></li>

<li><a href="Mims_Davies" title="Mims Davies">Mims Davies</a></li>

<li><a href="Caroline_Dinenage" title="Caroline Dinenage">Caroline Dinenage</a></li>

<li><a href="Roger_Gale" title="Roger Gale">Roger Gale</a></li>

<li><a href="Nus_Ghani" title="Nus Ghani">Nus Ghani</a></li>

<li><a href="Helen_Grant_(politician)" title="Helen Grant (politician)">Helen Grant</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Griffith" title="Andrew Griffith">Andrew Griffith</a></li>

<li><a href="Alison_Griffiths_(politician)" title="Alison Griffiths (politician)">Alison Griffiths</a></li>

<li><a href="Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a></li>

<li><a href="Paul_Holmes_(Conservative_politician)" title="Paul Holmes (Conservative politician)">Paul Holmes</a></li>

<li><a href="Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a></li>

<li><a href="Lincoln_Jopp" title="Lincoln Jopp">Lincoln Jopp</a></li>

<li><a href="Katie_Lam" title="Katie Lam">Katie Lam</a></li>

<li><a href="Julian_Lewis" title="Julian Lewis">Julian Lewis</a></li>

<li><a href="Kit_Malthouse" title="Kit Malthouse">Kit Malthouse</a></li>

<li><a href="Joy_Morrissey" title="Joy Morrissey">Joy Morrissey</a></li>

<li><a href="Kieran_Mullan" title="Kieran Mullan">Kieran Mullan</a></li>

<li><a href="Caroline_Nokes" title="Caroline Nokes">Caroline Nokes</a></li>

<li><a href="Rebecca_Paul_(British_politician)" title="Rebecca Paul (British politician)">Rebecca Paul</a></li>

<li><a href="Jack_Rankin" title="Jack Rankin">Jack Rankin</a></li>

<li><a href="Joe_Robertson_(politician)" title="Joe Robertson (politician)">Joe Robertson</a></li>

<li><a href="Greg_Smith_(British_politician)" title="Greg Smith (British politician)">Greg Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Ben_Spencer_(politician)" title="Ben Spencer (politician)">Ben Spencer</a></li>

<li><a href="Greg_Stafford_(politician)" title="Greg Stafford (politician)">Greg Stafford</a></li>

<li><a href="Desmond_Swayne" title="Desmond Swayne">Desmond Swayne</a></li>

<li><a href="Laura_Trott_(politician)" title="Laura Trott (politician)">Laura Trott</a></li>

<li><a href="Tom_Tugendhat" title="Tom Tugendhat">Tom Tugendhat</a></li>

<li><a href="Helen_Whately" title="Helen Whately">Helen Whately</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="Parliamentary_constituencies_in_South_West_England" title="Parliamentary constituencies in South West England">South West England</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Geoffrey_Clifton-Brown" title="Geoffrey Clifton-Brown">Geoffrey Clifton-Brown</a></li>

<li><a href="Geoffrey_Cox_(British_politician)" title="Geoffrey Cox (British politician)">Geoffrey Cox</a></li>

<li><a href="Ashley_Fox" title="Ashley Fox">Ashley Fox</a></li>

<li><a href="Simon_Hoare" title="Simon Hoare">Simon Hoare</a></li>

<li><a href="Danny_Kruger" title="Danny Kruger">Danny Kruger</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrew_Murrison" title="Andrew Murrison">Andrew Murrison</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Reed_(Conservative_politician)" title="David Reed (Conservative politician)">David Reed</a></li>

<li><a href="Rebecca_Smith_(politician)" title="Rebecca Smith (politician)">Rebecca Smith</a></li>

<li><a href="Mel_Stride" title="Mel Stride">Mel Stride</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0087DC; color:white;;width:1%">Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Andrew_Bowie_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Bowie (politician)">Andrew Bowie</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Cooper_(British_politician)" title="John Cooper (British politician)">John Cooper</a></li>

<li><a href="Harriet_Cross" title="Harriet Cross">Harriet Cross</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Lamont" title="John Lamont">John Lamont</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Mundell" title="David Mundell">David Mundell</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="List_of_Conservative_Party_MPs_(UK)" title="List of Conservative Party MPs (UK)">List of Conservative Party MPs</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_United_Kingdom_Conservative_MPs_(2024%E2%80%93present)" title="List of United Kingdom Conservative MPs (2024–present)">2024–present</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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