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Mark Garnier vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

107 same votes 236 different votes 343 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 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 43% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 41% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Trade 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
123
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API