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Kerry McCarthy vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

254 same votes 139 different votes 393 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
28 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
40 Aye 24 No
Tax 77% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 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
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 56% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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