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Dr Ellie Chowns vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and David Simmonds voted the same way 32% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

95 same votes 203 different votes 298 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 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 45% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 43% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 6 No
Energy 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
458
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
255
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
203
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

205
+127.0 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Appearances
105
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
310
+171.5 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 649
Contributions
258
+119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API