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James MacCleary vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

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James MacCleary
LD Lewes
vs
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

202 same votes 96 different votes 298 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 25% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 36% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 29 No
Tax 38% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
364
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
189
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
175
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
99
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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