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Chris Elmore vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 982 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
9 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 17 No
Trade 7% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
101 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 156 shared votes
52 Aye 104 No
101 Aye 55 No
Tax 6% aligned 156 shared votes
50 Aye 106 No
32 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Tax
220 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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Motion to sit in private 17 May 2024
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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