Sir Christopher Chope MP
Conservative
Christchurch
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Sir Christopher Chope is the Conservative MP for Christchurch, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
1 registered interest published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Christchurch
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Christchurch
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Christchurch
1983-06-09 → 1992-04-09
Southampton, Itchen
Party history
1983-06-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
1990-07-23 → 1992-04-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Roads and Motoring)
1986-09-10 → 1990-07-22
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment)
Opposition posts
2003-01-01 → 2005-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
2002-01-01 → 2003-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Transport)
2001-01-01 → 2002-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
1998-01-01 → 1999-01-01
Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry)
1997-01-01 → 1998-01-01
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Committee memberships
2024-11-04 → present
Procedure Committee
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Procedure Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Procedure Committee
2016-11-21 → 2017-05-03
Procedure Committee
2005-12-12 → 2010-05-06
Procedure Committee
1983-06-09 → 1987-01-28
Procedure Committee
1999-07-05 → 2002-03-04
Trade & Industry
2024-07-30 → present
Panel of Chairs
2020-01-15 → 2024-05-30
Panel of Chairs
2017-06-22 → 2019-11-06
Panel of Chairs
2005-05-24 → 2017-05-03
Panel of Chairs
2006-11-06 → 2010-05-06
Administration Committee
2008-05-01 → 2008-07-22
Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
2010-07-12 → 2015-03-30
Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
2012-12-12 → 2013-01-07
Standards and Privileges
2017-10-26 → 2019-11-06
Committee on Standards
2015-09-09 → 2017-05-03
Committee on Standards
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee on Standards
2017-10-26 → 2019-11-06
Committee of Privileges
2015-10-28 → 2017-05-03
Committee of Privileges
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee of Privileges
2013-11-04 → 2015-03-30
Justice Committee
2015-07-06 → 2017-05-03
Scottish Affairs Committee
2017-04-18 → 2017-05-03
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Home Affairs Committee
2020-03-02 → 2021-01-16
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Environmental Audit Committee
2024-09-09 → present
Modernisation Committee
2024-10-21 → present
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
chopec@parliament.uk
020 7219 5808 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 5808 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
chopec@parliament.uk
01425 541087 · 37 Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1QD
01425 541087 · 37 Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1QD
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