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Chris Elmore

Labour Bridgend

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 →

Every Commons division on file for Chris Elmore — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,812 of 2,325 (78%).

13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 Aye
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 Aye
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Ayes 277, Noes 143 Aye
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Ayes 341, Noes 195 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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
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.

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