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Dr Ellie Chowns vs John McDonnell

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

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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and John McDonnell voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

288 same votes 124 different votes 412 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 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
29 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 91% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 86% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 56% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 57% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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