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Chris Elmore vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,295 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,217 different votes 1,295 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
109 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 163 shared votes
58 Aye 105 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 52 No
Migration 5% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
14 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
54 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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