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Josh Dean vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Josh Dean
Josh Dean
Lab Hertford and Stortford
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Josh Dean and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 438 shared comparable votes.

278 same votes 160 different votes 438 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
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 44% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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

93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
551
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
276
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
275
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% 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

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Contributions
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£169,396
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£169,396
25% below average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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