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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Steve Darling

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 Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Steve Darling voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 104 different votes 321 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
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
29 Aye 20 No
Tax 37% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 37% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 55% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
165
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 173 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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