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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Helen Whately voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 236 different votes 327 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
3 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 49% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 13 No
Housing 42% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 32% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 31% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% 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

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API