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Chris Elmore vs Sir Roger Gale

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
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,028 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 960 different votes 1,028 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
13 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 25 No
Trade 11% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
67 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 113 shared votes
43 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

39
-42.8 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
232
+89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 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 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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