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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Steve Barclay

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 Steve Barclay
Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Steve Barclay voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 207 different votes 289 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
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 54% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 29% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 26% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% 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
Rank 11 of 650
Appearances
83
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
192 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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