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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Pat McFadden

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Pat McFadden voted the same way 67% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 67 different votes 200 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
15 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 55% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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