Dr Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire
Ellie Chowns has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs); Green Spokesperson (Treasury); Green Party Westminster Leader; Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs); Green Spokesperson (Defence).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs) (Opposition Department) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Green Spokesperson (Treasury) (Opposition Department) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Green Party Westminster Leader (Opposition Department) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Green Spokesperson (Social Care) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Green Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Green Spokesperson (Business and Trade) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Green Spokesperson (Defence) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to now | Now |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Green Spokesperson (Education) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2026 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 2026 | |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 2025 | |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 2025 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2024 to 2025 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Ellie Chowns has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Jill Hanna - £500.00 | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the [redacted] Housing Association. | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Housing and Communities Spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales | 16 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Ellie Chowns asked 200 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
73 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Ellie Chowns represents North Herefordshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Green Party
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Ellie Chowns won with 43% of the votes, and Bill Wiggin (Conservative) came second with 31%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellie Chowns | Green Party | 21,736 | 43.2% |
| Bill Wiggin | Conservative | 15,842 | 31.5% |
| Andrew Dye | Reform UK | 8,048 | 16.0% |
| Jon Browning | Labour | 3,205 | 6.4% |
| Cat Hornsey | Liberal Democrat | 1,436 | 2.9% |
| Michael Guest | Social Democratic Party | 95 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Ellie Chowns took part in 206 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Ellie Chowns voted the same way as their party in 203 of the 203 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 98% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this