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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Pete Wishart voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 15 different votes 120 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Migration 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Tax 52% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
121
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API