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Chris Elmore vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,072 different votes 1,104 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
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
85 Aye 46 No
Tax 4% aligned 131 shared votes
41 Aye 90 No
18 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
52 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 124 shared votes
70 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

78.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,773
2,261 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
981
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
792
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
10 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 648
Appearances
161
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 648
Contributions
231
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
149 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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