Dr Ellie Chowns

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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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 (Social Care), Green Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government), Green Spokesperson (Business and Trade), Green Spokesperson (Defence), Green Spokesperson (Education), and Green Party Westminster Leader.

466

Votes Cast

N/A

Expenses

5,894

Majority

43.2%

Vote Share

Expenses

No expense data available.

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 50,362 voters

Green Party
21,736 votes43.2%
Conservative
15,842 votes31.5%
Reform UK
8,048 votes16.0%
Labour
3,205 votes6.4%
Liberal Democrat
1,436 votes2.9%
Social Democratic Party
95 votes0.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

460

Written Questions

16

Oral Questions

261

Debates Spoken In

408

Speeches

466

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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11 AYE1 NO

Employment Rights Bill

12 votes · 15 Sept 2025

3 AYE1 NO

Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 10 Sept 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

2 votes · 9 Sept 2025

5 AYE1 NO

Renters’ Rights Bill

6 votes · 8 Sept 2025

Financial Interests(4)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality for the festival

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

26 June 2025 to 29 June 2025

£394
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

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

BBC

2 taxi journeys for an appearance on Newsnight in London on 28 Aug 2025 (cost is estimated)

28 August 2025

£46
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

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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

Registered 16 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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

Registered 2 August 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dr in Parliament

Permitted Development Rights: Listed Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending permitted development rights to listed buildings for the i

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3 Mar 2026

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his expected timetable is for publication of the Future Homes Standard.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2 Mar 2026

Conveyancing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Finance Bill's requirement for conveyancers submitting Stamp Duty Land Tax returns

AnsweredTreasury25 Feb 2026

Conveyancing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration has been given to the potential risk that the Finance Bill's requirement for conveyancers submitting Stamp Duty Land Tax returns on behalf of

AnsweredTreasury25 Feb 2026

Conveyancing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish the detailed guidance firms will need in order to comply with the Finance Bill's requirement for conveyancers submitting Stamp Duty Land

AnsweredTreasury25 Feb 2026

Conveyancing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the smooth functioning of the property market, of the Finance Bill's requirement for conveyan

AnsweredTreasury25 Feb 2026

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the assessment of the number of estates impacted by the changes to Inheritance Tax on unused pension funds and death benefits (published in the relevant

AnsweredTreasury25 Feb 2026

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential risk that changes to Inheritance Tax on unused pension funds and death benefits could discourage private savings f

AnsweredTreasury25 Feb 2026

Roads: Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding provided to Herefordshire Council to repair damage caused to roads by flooding.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport20 Feb 2026

Roads: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of trends in the levels of risk caused by standing water on rural roads in poor repair.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport20 Feb 2026
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