Dr Ellie Chowns MP: votes, interests and costs
Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party) is the MP for North Herefordshire, elected on 4 July 2024. The Members API lists the post of Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs) from 1 June 2026.
Offices and committees
Current posts held by Dr Ellie Chowns, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs) | Opposition Department | 1 June 2026 | Current |
| Green Spokesperson (Treasury) | Opposition Department | 1 June 2026 | Current |
| Green Party Westminster Leader | Opposition Department | 4 September 2025 | Current |
| Green Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs) | Opposition Department | 4 July 2024 | Current |
| Green Spokesperson (Defence) | Opposition Department | 4 July 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Spokesperson (Social Care) | Opposition Department | 4 July 2024 | 1 June 2026 |
| Green Spokesperson (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Opposition Department | 4 July 2024 | 1 June 2026 |
| Green Spokesperson (Business and Trade) | Opposition Department | 4 July 2024 | 1 June 2026 |
| Green Spokesperson (Education) | Opposition Department | 4 July 2024 | 1 June 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Representation of the People Bill | 11 March 2026 | 16 April 2026 |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 24 April 2025 | 22 May 2025 |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 15 January 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 28 October 2024 | 21 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 088f41d238f6.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Dr Ellie Chowns: Miscellaneous (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). The most recent was registered on 7 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Jill Hanna - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Stained glass panel (circa 50cm x 40cm)
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-03
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-03
- Name of the donor: Jill Hanna
- Status of the donor: Individual
Member of the [redacted] Housing Association.
- The type of interest: Other
Housing and Communities Spokesperson for the Green Party of England and Wales
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-09-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Dr Ellie Chowns's 2024-25 staffing spend as £144,654 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £20,975 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £144,653.84 |
| Office costs: spent | £20,975.31 |
| Accommodation: spent | £6,429.51 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,438.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: North Herefordshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term part time), Research Manager (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Manager (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Dr Ellie Chowns voted in the House of Commons: 497 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 60 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was an Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 468 written questions from Dr Ellie Chowns since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
Mental Health Services: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to increase funding for mental health services, including funding for menopause education and training for healthcare providers, to ensure that women receive appropriate and time …
Football: Sponsorship
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 …
Forests: Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether charcoal will be a regulated product from the date forest risk commodity regulations come into force in Great Britain.
Universal Credit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of aligning the rate of Universal Credit for 16 to 24 year-olds receive with that of claimants aged over 25.
Fires: Litter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of public awareness of the risk of wildfires posed by litter, included discarded glass bottles.
Sudan: War Crimes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how he and the Coalition for Atrocity Prevention and Justice in Sudan plan to respond to reports of sexual violence and drone strikes against civilians across Sudan.
Sudan: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take in response to recent developments in Sudan, including the reported encirclement of El Obeid by the Rapid Suppor …
Sudan: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support people fleeing violence around El Obeid and in the Blue Nile State.
Sudan: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic and humanitarian aid response steps he is taking to prevent loss of life in the city of El Obeid.
Science and Technology Facilities Council: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions to Science and Technology Facilities Council programmes on regional growth and high-skilled jobs in regions of the …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 cfdfbc11a614. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Ellie Chowns.
2024 general election
Dr Ellie Chowns won North Herefordshire at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 21,736 votes (43.2%), a majority of 5,894 over Bill Wiggin (Conservative). Result as published: Green gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · North Herefordshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.