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Shabana Mahmood vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 123 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 52 different votes 123 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 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 5 No
Tax 83% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 77% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Defence 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
539
42.5% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
826
+680.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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