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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 156 different votes 382 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
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 48% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 7 No
Housing 56% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
22
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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