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Dr Ellie Chowns
MP for North Herefordshire
Green PartyOpposition
Green Party Westminster Leader
About This MP
AI-generatedDr Ellie Chowns is the Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, elected in July 2024. She serves as Green Party Westminster Leader since September 2025 and has been the party’s spokesperson for multiple portfolios since entering Parliament, including Business and Trade, Defence, Education, Social Care, Foreign Affairs, and Housing, Communities and Local Government. She has sat on committees such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee, the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee, and the Environmental Audit Committee.
Voting Patterns
She has 100% party loyalty and an attendance rate of 14% (slightly above her party average of 13%). She has no rebel votes. Her political position is left-leaning (28/100). In votes on key topics, she has mixed votes on Universal Credit, VAT changes, and prison sentencing; she generally supports workers’ rights protections and trade union powers; she generally supports renter protections, bus services regulation, transgender rights, and climate change measures; she has generally voted against expanding mental health services.
Notable Positions
- Strong support for trade union powers
- Support for workers' rights protections
- Support for renter protections
- Support for bus services regulation
- Support for transgender rights
Financial Interests
She has four declared financial interests, including two entries for gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources, and two miscellaneous entries.
Generated 21 February 2026
100%
Party Loyalty
14%
Attendance
0
Rebel Votes
—
Total Votes
Political Position
LEFTRIGHT
Left(28)
Based on 119 votesCareer & Roles
10 positions
Current
Opposition
Green Party Westminster Leader
Since Sept 2025
Opposition
Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
Since Jul 2024
Opposition
Green Spokesperson (Social Care)
Since Jul 2024
Opposition
Green Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Since Jul 2024
Opposition
Green Spokesperson (Business and Trade)
Since Jul 2024
Opposition
Green Spokesperson (Defence)
Since Jul 2024
Opposition
Green Spokesperson (Education)
Since Jul 2024
Previous
Committee
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Apr 2025 - May 2025
Committee
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Committee
Environmental Audit Committee
Oct 2024 - Oct 2025
Voting Stances
Based on parliamentary votes
Universal Credit
Mixedhas voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
41 votes
Trade union powers
Generally forhas generally voted for trade union powers
34 votes
Workers rights protections
Generally forhas generally voted for workers rights protections
34 votes
VAT changes
Mixedhas voted a mixture of ways on vat changes
24 votes
Prison sentencing
Mixedhas voted a mixture of ways on prison sentencing
16 votes
Bus services regulation
Mixedhas voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
15 votes
Renter protections
Generally forhas generally voted for renter protections
13 votes
Transgender rights
Generally forhas generally voted for transgender rights
13 votes
Financial Interests
4 declarations · £440 total
Recent Votes
ABSENT
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
11 Feb 2026279 Aye90 No
ABSENT
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
11 Feb 2026277 Aye143 No
AYE
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
11 Feb 2026362 Aye107 No
AYE
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
4 Feb 2026392 Aye116 No
AYE
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
3 Feb 2026458 Aye104 No
ABSENT
Opposition Day: Youth unemployment
28 Jan 202691 Aye287 No
ABSENT
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory
28 Jan 2026103 Aye284 No
ABSENT
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026
28 Jan 2026294 Aye108 No
ABSENT
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1
27 Jan 202688 Aye310 No
AYE
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2
27 Jan 202661 Aye311 No