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Naz Shah vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

176 same votes 130 different votes 306 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
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 73% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 2 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 43% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 53% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
9
3 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
57 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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: 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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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 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
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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