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Chris Elmore vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,337 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,267 different votes 1,337 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
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
106 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
65 Aye 103 No
51 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 112 shared votes
63 Aye 49 No
32 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
33 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% 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
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
65 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
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
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
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
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
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