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Dr Ellie Chowns

Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, since 4 July 2024

Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs)

Dr Ellie Chowns is the Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the roles of Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs), Green Spokesperson (Defence), Green Party Westminster Leader, Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs), and Green Spokesperson (Treasury).

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Scorecard

79.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
452 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 6 as teller
117 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Green Party MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
300 Debates spoken in 438 written questions tabled

Ranked 180 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 No 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading No 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 Aye 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Aye 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu No 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 Aye 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 Aye 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 No vote 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) No 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 Aye 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No vote 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 No 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion Aye 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 Aye 366–98

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: BBC
Address of donor: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 taxi journeys for an appearance on Newsnight in London on 28 Aug 2025 (cost is estimated), value £46.32
Date received: 28 August 2025
Date accepted: 28 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 30 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Name of donor: Glastonbury Festival Events Limited
Address of donor: Worthy Farm, Worthy Lane, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4BY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality for the festival, provided to me in exchange for speaking at three one-hour events in the Green Futures field at the Speakers Forum, value £393.50
Date received: 26 June 2025 to 29 June 2025
Date accepted: 26 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 04348175
(Registered 13 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Housing and Communities Spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales
(Registered 16 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Jul 2025

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

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

300 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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