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Chris Elmore vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,395 shared comparable votes.

89 same votes 1,306 different votes 1,395 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
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
90 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 140 shared votes
54 Aye 86 No
7 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
58 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 132 shared votes
78 Aye 54 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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