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Dr Ellie Chowns

Green Party North Herefordshire

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 →

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%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 177, Noes 308 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 173, Noes 282 no vote recorded
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 80, Noes 281 no vote recorded
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 Ayes 323, Noes 160 no vote recorded
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 Ayes 145, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Ayes 277, Noes 150 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Ayes 278, Noes 73 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 no vote recorded
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 no vote recorded
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Ayes 304, Noes 203 no vote recorded
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 203, Noes 311 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 156, Noes 273 no vote recorded
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Ayes 277, Noes 143 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Ayes 91, Noes 378 no vote recorded
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 no vote recorded
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 Ayes 184, Noes 331 no vote recorded
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 185, Noes 344 no vote recorded
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Ayes 344, Noes 181 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 no vote recorded
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Ayes 341, Noes 195 no vote recorded
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) Ayes 118, Noes 340 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ayes 90, Noes 297 no vote recorded
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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.

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