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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 101 different votes 292 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 56% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API