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Sarah Smith vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

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Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

184 same votes 112 different votes 296 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 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 85% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
38 Aye 16 No
Tax 74% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 46% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 59% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
14
3.8% 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

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Education
36 of 50 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
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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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