Dr Ellie Chowns — Hear, Hear

Voting record

6

Voted for

1

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Dr Ellie Chowns’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 100%

How often Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way as most of the Green Party party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Dr Ellie Chowns currently holds 5 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds

Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs) — Opposition Department — since 2026-06-01 Shadow

Green Spokesperson (Treasury) — Opposition Department — since 2026-06-01 Shadow

Green Party Westminster Leader — Opposition Department — since 2025-09-04 Shadow

Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-04 Shadow

Green Spokesperson (Defence) — Opposition Department — since 2024-07-04 Shadow

Previously held

Green Spokesperson (Social Care) — Opposition Department (2024-07-04 to 2026-06-01) Shadow

Green Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Opposition Department (2024-07-04 to 2026-06-01) Shadow

Green Spokesperson (Business and Trade) — Opposition Department (2024-07-04 to 2026-06-01) Shadow

Green Spokesperson (Education) — Opposition Department (2024-07-04 to 2026-06-01) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Dr Ellie Chowns →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Jill Hanna
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Stained glass panel (circa 50cm x 40cm), value £500
Date received: 3 July 2026
Date accepted: 3 July 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 7 September 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Housing and Communities Spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales
Date interest ended: 1 September 2025
(Registered 16 July 2024; updated 14 September 2026)

Member of the [redacted] Housing Association.
(Registered 2 August 2024)

Housing

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Dr Ellie Chowns yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Dr Ellie Chowns has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£205,941.22 paid out to or for Dr Ellie Chowns across 263 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Dr Ellie Chowns’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £144,653.84 (5 claims)

Office Costs — £47,110.66 (218 claims)

Accommodation — £9,738.72 (28 claims)

MP Travel — £3,396.43 (1 claim)

Staff Travel — £1,041.57 (11 claims)

Most recent claims

Utilities — £132.29, 2026-04-01 — Electricity

Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection — £0.00, 2026-03-26 — Repayment of 60356086:7

Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs — £429.00, 2026-03-26 — Upgrade of lighting to LED for efficiency, and reduction of heat output from lights [200013635-137]

Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-25 — XMA March 2026

Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026

Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026

Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-19 — XMA March 2026

Insurance - buildings — £56.81, 2026-03-07 — Buildings insurance for 9 The Buttercross Jan 26-Jan 27 [200013637-103]

Every claim on file for Dr Ellie Chowns →

Early Day Motions

Dr Ellie Chowns has tabled 4 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 30 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Dr Ellie Chowns personally tabled — not motions Dr Ellie Chowns may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled

Firefighters from the West Midlands — tabled 2026-09-04, 8 sponsors

10 year anniversary of the Brexit referendum — tabled 2026-06-22, 4 sponsors

Wealth taxation — tabled 2026-06-03, 9 sponsors

Cost of living, inequality and climate and nature — tabled 2026-05-13, 9 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Dr Ellie Chowns is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections — Officer

Declared funding: Make Votes Matter (£46,501-48,000); Unlock Democracy (£46,501-48,000); Labour for a New Democracy (£9,001-10,500); Make Votes Matter (£9,001-10,500) and 1 more.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Europe — Co-Vice Chair

Declared funding: The European Movement UK (£10,501-12,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Farming — Officer

Declared funding: Food, Farming & Countryside Commission (£1,501-3,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on House of Lords Reform — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Pollution — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Seahorse Environmental (£37,501-39,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group — Officer

Declared funding: Barrow Cadbury Trust via Parliamentary Human Rights Trust (2 year restricted grant covering June 2025 to June 2027) (£75,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Barrow Cadbury Trust via Parliamentary Human Rights Trust (2 year restricted grant covering June 2025 to June 2027) — about £75,000.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group).

Barrow Cadbury Trust via Parliamentary Human Rights Trust (2 year restricted grant covering June 2025 to June 2027) — about £75,000.00, 1 group

Make Votes Matter — about £57,001.00, 1 group

Unlock Democracy — about £47,250.50, 1 group

Seahorse Environmental — about £38,250.50, 1 group

The European Movement UK — about £11,250.50, 1 group

Showing the top 5 of 8 funders.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dr Ellie Chowns personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dr Ellie Chowns is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.