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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Andy McDonald voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

253 same votes 151 different votes 404 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
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 12% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 6 No
Transport 62% aligned 21 shared votes
9 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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