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Chris Elmore vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,487 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,417 different votes 1,487 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 29 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
38 Aye 97 No
Migration 6% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
109 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
61 Aye 110 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
36 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
34 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% 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
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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