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Chris Elmore vs Alistair Strathern

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

469 same votes 0 different votes 469 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
54 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
54 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
9 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

39
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Appearances
63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
232
+89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
58 of 62 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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