Chris Elmore, MP for Bridgend
Chris Elmore has been an MP since 2016. Currently: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Shadow Minister (Scotland) (Scotland Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2016 to 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Modernisation Committee | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Committee of Selection | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill | 2024 | |
| British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill | 2024 | |
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 2024 | |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 2024 | |
| National Security Bill | 2022 | |
| Public Order Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 12
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Committee of Privileges | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2020 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2020 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2017 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Justice Committee | 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Chris Elmore has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A Trustee and Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. | 7 Aug 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid member of the Barry YMCA Board of Management. | 6 Jun 2016 |
| Miscellaneous | Minor interest in a house in Caerphilly County Borough area owned by two members of my family. | 6 Jun 2016 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Chris Elmore has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
45 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Chris Elmore represents Bridgend. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Chris Elmore won with 40% of the votes, and Caroline Jones (Reform UK) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Elmore | Labour | 16,516 | 39.9% |
| Caroline Jones | Reform UK | 7,921 | 19.1% |
| Anita Boateng | Conservative | 6,764 | 16.3% |
| Iolo Caudy | Plaid Cymru | 3,629 | 8.8% |
| Mark John | Independent | 3,338 | 8.1% |
| Debra Cooper | Green Party | 1,760 | 4.3% |
| Claire Waller | Liberal Democrat | 1,446 | 3.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Chris Elmore took part in 123 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Chris Elmore voted the same way as their party in 123 of the 123 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this