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Greg Smith vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 264 different votes 369 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
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 50% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 47% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 38% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

217
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
259
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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