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Chris Elmore vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 983 different votes 1,030 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
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
49 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
33 Aye 83 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
79 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% 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
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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