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Chris Elmore vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 268 different votes 277 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
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 2% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 237 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,810
2,310 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
575 eligible divisions
995
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
202
46.2 % of votes cast
815
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
235
53.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
10 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
Appearances
143
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
226
+87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650
Contributions
281
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
100 of 111 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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