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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 142 different votes 349 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 23 shared votes
22 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 71% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 14 No
Housing 53% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 59% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 649
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 255 of 649
458
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
575 eligible divisions
255
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
51.9 % of votes cast
203
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
215
48.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
16
3.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

203
+125.0 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Appearances
88
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
307
+168.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Contributions
112
-26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 270 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API