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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 29% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 196 different votes 277 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
3 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 12 No
Housing 60% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 31% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Appearances
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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