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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 227 different votes 310 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
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 42% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 37% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 208 of 647
Participation
82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 165 of 647
430
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,909
2,323 eligible divisions
238
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
902
47.2 % of votes cast
192
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,007
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

142
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 25 of 647
Appearances
96
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 647
235
+121.2 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 647
Contributions
167
+53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
30 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Energy
16 of 17 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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