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Chris Elmore vs Bob Blackman

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

Photograph of Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend
vs
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,589 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,520 different votes 1,589 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
24 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 7% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 17 No
Housing 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
16 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
10 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
239
+93.1 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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