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Christopher Chope | Worst Politicians in the UK


Christopher Chope MP for Chrischurch in Dorset. Chope makes our list not just for a history of voting against human rights, gay rights, support for ex forces personnel, reducing welfare for everyone including the sick and disabled, raising taxes on the poorest but not the richest.
You may think this voting record is deplorable, but that's not the least of it.
Chope has a habit of obstructing bills especially when it comes to women's issues. He blocked a bill to make taking unsolicited pictures up a skirt an offence. Most recently, he hit the headlines for blocking a bill to make it easier to prevent female genital mutilation.
Chope would say that he does this out of principle, he doesn't like private members bills but put in 31 in the last year alone. He also votes consistently against increased parliamentary transparency so his excuse he is trying to make Parliament procedure better would appear to be undone by his own actions.
He also appeared in the expenses scandal for charging over eight hundred pounds for the repair of a sofa.

We all have the electorate of Christchurch in Devon to thank for this, they have voted for him every year since 1997.

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