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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2 AYE

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

2 votes · 23 Feb 2026

3 AYE

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

3 votes · 20 Jan 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

4 votes · 13 Jan 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

2 votes · 12 Jan 2026

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

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of facilitating the recycling of blister packs.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Apr 2025

Economics of Biodiversity Review

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she is making on implementing the findings of The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, published by her Department in February 2021.

AnsweredTreasury1 Apr 2025

District Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of district heating schemes.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero1 Apr 2025

Electric Vehicles: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a scheme equivalent to Fuel Finder for the cost of charging electric vehicl

AnsweredDepartment for Transport31 Mar 2025

Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 36460 on Litter, what steps he plans to take to support local authorities to

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs31 Mar 2025

Horticulture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with representatives of the horticultural industry on an alternative to the Fruit and Vegetable Aid S

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs31 Mar 2025

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, wha

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions31 Mar 2025

Climate Change and Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the UK's a

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government28 Mar 2025

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require NHS hospitals to operate pay on exit parking.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care27 Mar 2025

Attendance Allowance: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to reach decisions on Attendance Allowance applications.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions27 Mar 2025
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