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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Alex Ballinger

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

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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

231 same votes 129 different votes 360 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
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 91% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 80% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 46% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 5 No
Defence 50% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 305 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
444
590 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.7% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
232
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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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