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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Sir Julian Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Ellie Chowns and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.
105 same votes
239 different votes
344 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.0%
7% above average
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API