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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 150 different votes 375 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
10 Aye 5 No
Energy 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
32 Aye 18 No
Tax 74% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 73% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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 347 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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