Chris Elmore — Hear, Hear

Voting record

3

Voted for

0

Voted against

6

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Chris Elmore’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 71%

How often Chris Elmore voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Chris Elmore currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office — since 2025-09-07 Government

Previously held

Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) — HM Household (2024-07-10 to 2025-09-06) Government

Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2021-12-04 to 2022-07-22) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Scotland) — Scotland Office (2020-04-10 to 2021-12-04) Shadow

Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2016-10-18 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Chris Elmore →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid member of the Barry YMCA Board of Management.
(Registered 6 June 2016; updated 1 March 2021)

Minor interest in a house in Caerphilly County Borough area owned by two members of my family.
Date interest arose: 1 September 2015
Date interest ended: 31 January 2026
(Registered 6 June 2016; updated 7 July 2026)

A Trustee and Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2020
(Registered 7 August 2023)

Employment & business

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Chris Elmore yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Chris Elmore has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£351,718.53 paid out to or for Chris Elmore across 246 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Chris Elmore’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £249,426.66 (1 claim)

Office Costs — £41,167.85 (218 claims)

Accommodation — £33,798.34 (5 claims)

Staff Travel — £17,671.22 (12 claims)

MP Travel — £8,774.49 (3 claims)

Miscellaneous — £652.50 (6 claims)

Dependant Travel — £227.47 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £127.43, 2026-04-29 — Landline & internet package

Hospitality — £400.00, 2026-03-30 — Staff planning away day

Stationery & printing — £120.00, 2026-03-04 — Banner March 2026

Equipment - purchase — £127.92, 2026-03-03 — Other office equipment

Translation services (Welsh Language) — £55.62, 2026-02-26 — Welsh translation

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £117.88, 2026-02-12 — Landline & internet package

Translation services (Welsh Language) — £65.13, 2026-01-30 — Welsh translation

Every claim on file for Chris Elmore →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Chris Elmore — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Chris Elmore’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Chris Elmore isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.