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Gareth Snell vs Chris Elmore

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Chris Elmore voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 727 shared comparable votes.

713 same votes 14 different votes 727 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
70 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
70 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 20 No
Transport 95% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
63 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 101 shared votes
64 Aye 37 No
70 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
70 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
Participation
77.1%
5% above average
Rank 264 of 650
550
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,366 eligible divisions
271
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
54.9% of votes cast
279
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.1% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
45
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 650
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
240
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 78 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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