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

Every Commons division on file for Dr Ellie Chowns — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 472 of 590 (80%).

ShowAll590 Aye264 No208 No vote recorded118

10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 77, Noes 292 No

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 No

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 No

2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Ayes 105, Noes 410 No

2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Ayes 166, Noes 346 No

14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Ayes 104, Noes 412 No

14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Ayes 102, Noes 409 No

13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 No

13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 97, Noes 358 No

8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 Ayes 283, Noes 182 No

23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No

23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No

22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No

17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 No

17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 No

17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 No

10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 No

9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 No

9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 No

8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 No

2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 No

21 May 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 68, Noes 242 No

20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 No

20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 No

19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 No

28 Apr 2026 Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 304, Noes 28 No

28 Apr 2026 Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 308, Noes 81 No

27 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 Ayes 271, Noes 171 No

27 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C Ayes 269, Noes 170 No

27 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) Ayes 270, Noes 170 No

27 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C Ayes 273, Noes 167 No

22 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F Ayes 253, Noes 143 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Ayes 287, Noes 150 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Ayes 284, Noes 149 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Ayes 291, Noes 144 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Ayes 287, Noes 149 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Ayes 297, Noes 147 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Ayes 298, Noes 152 No

21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Ayes 293, Noes 155 No

20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Ayes 292, Noes 158 No

20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 294, Noes 61 No

20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Ayes 294, Noes 156 No

20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Ayes 293, Noes 159 No

15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Ayes 248, Noes 139 No

15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Ayes 254, Noes 144 No

15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Ayes 276, Noes 155 No

15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Ayes 278, Noes 158 No

14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments Ayes 247, Noes 21 No

14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Ayes 277, Noes 158 No

14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 281, Noes 70 No

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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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.