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Chris Elmore vs Priti Patel

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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Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,126 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,071 different votes 1,126 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
105 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 162 shared votes
55 Aye 107 No
24 Aye 73 No
Migration 4% aligned 97 shared votes
69 Aye 28 No
36 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 85 shared votes
50 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 27 No
Transport 2% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
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
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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