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Chris Elmore vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,375 different votes 1,456 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
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
109 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 171 shared votes
60 Aye 111 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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