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Dr Ellie Chowns vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ellie Chowns and Steve Reed voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 210 shared comparable votes.

132 same votes 78 different votes 210 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
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 17 No
Tax 78% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 69% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 3 No
Transport 57% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
264
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
208
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Contributions
428
+284.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£176,497
22% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API