Ellie Chowns.

One of only four Green MPs in the Commons, Ellie Chowns has carved out a distinctive voice on foreign policy and social care. Her highest-profile recent coverage came in March 2026, when she joined calls for the UK to end complicity in Israeli violations in Lebanon — a stance consistent with her civil liberties and defence speech record, where she has contributed to 82 debates. On the National Security (State Threats) Bill in June 2026, she voted against the government's timetabling motion, signalling concern that a bill with significant civil liberties implications was being rushed — yet she also voted against amendments seeking additional judicial oversight safeguards, a combination that does not straightforwardly map onto either a pro- or anti-government position.

At 80% voting participation, Chowns is a moderately active MP — somewhat below the Commons average — but she is prolific in debate, with 638 contributions across 274 debates since July 2024. Economy and jobs topics dominate her speech record (100 contributions), followed by defence and local government. Her voting profile is strongly aligned with workers' rights (93%) and climate action (96%), and firmly against pro-business positions (8%). She deviates from her Green colleagues by voting more frequently in favour of NHS funding (+16 percentage points above the party average) and showing slightly more tolerance for ministerial discretion.

Social care has emerged as a signature local issue: she organised constituency listening events and called publicly for social care to operate more like the NHS, drawing coverage in the Herefordshire press. She holds no committee seats, which limits her formal scrutiny role. Local news sentiment across 149 articles in the past 90 days is broadly neutral, with no strongly negative coverage. Her parliamentary record as a whole reflects the priorities she campaigned on — environment, public services, and foreign policy scrutiny — though the social care data gap noted above warrants watching.