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Chris Elmore vs David Simmonds

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
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,037 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 982 different votes 1,037 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
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 5% aligned 134 shared votes
92 Aye 42 No
52 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 111 shared votes
59 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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
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