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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Ben Lake

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 Ben Lake
Ben Lake
PC Ceredigion Preseli

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Ben Lake voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 44 different votes 261 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
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 61% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 18 No
Tax 68% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 3 No
Education 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 208 of 647
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 300 of 647
430
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,568
2,068 eligible divisions
238
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
869
55.4 % of votes cast
192
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
699
44.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

142
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
235
+121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 647
Contributions
53
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API