Member of Parliament
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party MP for North Herefordshire
Green Spokesperson (Treasury)·Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs)·Green Party Westminster Leader·Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)·Green Spokesperson (Defence)
At a glanceDr Ellie Chowns is a Green Party MP for North Herefordshire, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Green Spokesperson (Treasury). They have cast 452 votes in Commons divisions (79% attendance), tabled 438 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Dr Ellie Chowns did not vote in 117. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
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).
Current roles
- Green Spokesperson (Treasury) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 1 Jun 2026
- Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 1 Jun 2026
- Representation of the People Bill Committee since 11 Mar 2026
- Green Party Westminster Leader Opposition post · Opposition Department since 4 Sep 2025
- Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 4 Jul 2024
- Green Party Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Green Spokesperson (Defence) Opposition post · Opposition Department since 4 Jul 2024
- North Herefordshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
100.0% · 321 of 321 shared votes
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Hannah Spencer
Green Party
100.0% · 106 of 106 shared votes
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Siân Berry
Green Party
99.8% · 405 of 406 shared votes
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Carla Denyer
Green Party
99.7% · 386 of 387 shared votes
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Colum Eastwood Social Democratic & Labour Party 89.3% · 142 of 159 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
17.2% · 22 of 128 shared votes
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Sir Jeremy Wright
Conservative
22.7% · 49 of 216 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
22.9% · 66 of 288 shared votes
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Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain
23.6% · 37 of 157 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
24.1% · 73 of 303 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- BBC - £46.32 (registered 30 Aug 2025)
- Glastonbury Festival Events Limited - £393.50 (registered 13 Jul 2025)
Miscellaneous2
- Member of the [redacted] Housing Association. (registered 2 Aug 2024)
- Housing and Communities Spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales (registered 16 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to protect heating oil customers from market volatility and price rises through the creation of a regulatory regime for heating oil suppliers.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings in the report by War on Want and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians entitl
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made in reforming the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
This Government has committed to a series of reforms to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). These include the intention to remove Direct Pay and move to a single, enhanced Collect and Pay system. This will enable the CMS to monitor all payments, identify...
Partnership for a Lead-free Future
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the United Kingdom joining the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future; and whether she plans to do so.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
The UK keeps opportunities to engage with relevant international initiatives under review, including where they align with our development, health and environmental objectives. No formal assessment has yet been made of the merits of UK membership of the P...
Digital Technology: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to (a) improve rural digital inclusion and (b) to address the specific needs of older people.
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The Government’s ambition is simple: everyone, whatever their circumstances, should be able to get connected and get online, safely and with confidence.In the year since the Digital Inclusion Action Plan, over a million people have been supported to get o...
Energy: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to WPQ UIN 129429 answered on 28 April 2026, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the adequacy of the non-financial support offered by energy companies to people livin
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
My Ministerial team and I meet with Ofgem regularly to discuss a range of issues, including how the retail market works for vulnerable consumers. Ofgem require suppliers to identify and support vulnerable domestic consumers’ needs, make it easy for them t...
Armed Forces Covenant: Public Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to ensure that the Armed Forces Covenant is interpreted and delivered consistently by public bodies.
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
The Armed Forces Covenant Legal Duty is designed to be flexible and does not prescribe specific outcomes, allowing public bodies to respond in a way that reflects their local context and circumstances. It ensures that policy development and implementation...
Trade Agreements: New Zealand
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the New Zealand Government's proposed prohibition on findings of tort liability for greenhouse gas emissions on the UK-New Zealand Fre
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The Department for Business and Trade monitors developments that may affect the implementation of the UK–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), including through its continued compliance monitoring processes.We are committed to ensuring the effective imp...
Early day motions
| 22 Jun 2026 | 10 year anniversary of the Brexit referendum | 3 sig. |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Wealth taxation | 8 sig. |
| 13 May 2026 | Cost of living, inequality and climate and nature | 9 sig. |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Future Homes Standard | 8 sig. |
| 11 Feb 2026 | International Humanitarian Law | 12 sig. |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Water White Paper | 8 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Road Repairs: New Technology
Potholes are the bane of all our lives, including for my constituents, but I have a cunning plan: we could fix potholes much faster by tapping into the superpowers of bin men and women. Bin lorries travel every road every week. Why not equ…
16 Jul 2026 Road Repairs: New Technology
13. What support she plans to provide to local authorities to help them adopt new technologies for tackling potholes and road defects.
14 Jul 2026 NHS Buildings: Extreme Heat
Heatwaves, which are becoming more frequent and more severe due to the climate crisis, create a health crisis. We see that in excessive temperatures in our hospitals and other health buildings, and we see it in the huge, unprecedented dema…
14 Jul 2026 Extreme Heat: Preparedness
It is so important to clarify that we are talking about 2°C of warming, not 2%. The average pre-industrial temperature was 14°C; it is way more than 2%.
14 Jul 2026 Extreme Heat: Preparedness
I completely agree. To do that, we need to think long-term. We do not do well enough in this country at thinking long-term, or beyond the next election cycle. We need to think of the next generation. What sort of world do we want to bequea…
14 Jul 2026 Extreme Heat: Preparedness
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay) for securing this extremely important and highly topical debate. Having had three heatwaves in less tha…
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
The Minister has outlined the complexities of regulating in this area as in any other area, and I am glad to hear her say that this does not mean the Government will do nothing. The Government would not say that fire safety is a complex a…
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
As the Minister has pointed out, there is a need for more consistency. Does she not recognise that Government is the institution that can provide exactly the consistency that the sector requires?
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
I am so sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker. I stand entirely corrected. The aforementioned right hon. Gentleman said: “We support it. I agree with his proposition that industry would welcome further regulation in this area”.—[Official Report, …
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
Absolutely. As we have discussed, we should reduce, reuse and recycle; let us make sure that every part of a building is reused in the best way possible. Demolition should be the absolute last resort, so it sounds like the hon. Gentleman’s…
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. Since I entered this place, I have been campaigning for homes and buildings that are truly fit for the future. We need to take this issue into account when we build and design buildings. We d…
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
The hon. Member makes an excellent point from a position of great expertise. That is precisely what this debate is about: we need to recognise that we should be reusing buildings as much as possible. We should be reducing the destruction c…
13 Jul 2026 Embodied Carbon: Buildings
The climate crisis is upon us. We in the UK are now in the midst of our third heatwave in less than three months. Communities have endured sweltering conditions that have put huge pressure on our NHS, our infrastructure and our natural env…
13 Jul 2026 Death of Ann Widdecombe
On behalf of the Green party, I would like to say how shocked, saddened and horrified I am by Ann Widdecombe’s horrific death—her brutal murder—and my sincere condolences go to her friends and family and all who knew her and loved her, inc…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I absolutely agree with the hon. Member. One of the other excuses we hear from the Government is that settlement goods do not benefit from the preferential trade agreement that we have with Israel. That implies that it is already possible …
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I warmly thank the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for securing this much-needed debate. It is much-needed, because despite the fact that we have discussed the need for a ban on settlement trade on numerous occasions in…
9 Jul 2026 Iran Conflict: Ceasefire
Iran’s attack on commercial shipping in the strait of Hormuz is clearly a flagrant breach of international law, and incredibly dangerous and irresponsible. The escalating US response is also extremely dangerous, and it is not just tit for …
9 Jul 2026 River Wye: Pollution
My constituency has been devastated by water pollution. We are now nearly seven years into a planning moratorium that has decimated the construction industry, because of pollution in the River Lugg, a tributary of the Wye. We are 10 years …
8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care
I thank the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) for securing this incredibly important debate. I have heard from literally dozens of my constituents about why this issue is so important. They have told me their individual stories ab…
8 Jul 2026 Engagements
Our politics needs fixing fast. The broken, outdated first-past-the-post system has clearly failed to deliver stable government. We urgently need to rebuild trust in our democracy and ensure that everybody’s vote counts equally. Does the …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Green Spokesperson (Social Care) · Opposition Department 4 Jul 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
- Green Spokesperson (Business and Trade) · Opposition Department 4 Jul 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
- Green Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) · Opposition Department 4 Jul 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
- Green Spokesperson (Education) · Opposition Department 4 Jul 2024 – 1 Jun 2026
Committee memberships
- Environmental Audit Committee 28 Oct 2024 – 21 Oct 2025
- Planning and Infrastructure Bill 24 Apr 2025 – 22 May 2025
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 15 Jan 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
Elections contested
- North Herefordshire 8 Jun 2017
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Dr Ellie Chowns, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Dr Ellie Chowns?
Dr Ellie Chowns is a Member of Parliament representing North Herefordshire in the House of Commons. See Dr Ellie Chowns's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Dr Ellie Chowns represent?
Dr Ellie Chowns sits as Green Party. See Dr Ellie Chowns's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Dr Ellie Chowns represent?
Dr Ellie Chowns is the Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire. See Dr Ellie Chowns's official Parliament profile.
How long has Dr Ellie Chowns been an MP?
Dr Ellie Chowns has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Dr Ellie Chowns's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Dr Ellie Chowns?
Dr Ellie Chowns has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Dr Ellie Chowns's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.