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Dr Allison Gardner vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

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Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 61% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

247 same votes 158 different votes 405 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
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 75% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 57% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 89 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
503
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
248
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
255
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
13
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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