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Jo Platt vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 140 different votes 377 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 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 41% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 7 No
Migration 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 55% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
470
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
604 eligible divisions
237
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
56.2% of votes cast
233
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
210
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

32
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 650
Appearances
244
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
53
-98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
359
+207.6 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API