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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 146 different votes 367 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 43% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 52% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
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
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