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Chris Elmore vs Mr Mark Francois

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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Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,230 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,174 different votes 1,230 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
25 Aye 27 No
Trade 10% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
108 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
55 Aye 110 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 66 No
Migration 4% aligned 94 shared votes
66 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
363
+219.5 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 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
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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