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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 180 different votes 243 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
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 44% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 40% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 28% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 6 No
Energy 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
76.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 647
430
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,228
1,605 eligible divisions
238
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
636
51.8 % of votes cast
192
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
592
48.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

142
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 647
Appearances
43
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 647
235
+121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 647
Contributions
74
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Defence
52 of 58 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 152 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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