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Line 52: In July 2024, Chowns won the North Herefordshire parliamentary seat in the UK general election, overturning a significant Conservative majority in what had long been considered a 'safe seat'.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://greenparty.org.uk/2024/07/05/greens-makes-history-in-north-herefordshire-as-ellie-chowns-defeats-conservatives \| title=Greens makes history in North Herefordshire as Ellie Chowns defeats Conservatives }}</ref> Chowns received 43.2% of the vote, a swing of +34.4% as compared to the 2019 election. ===Extinction Rebellion=== Chowns was arrested on 14 October 2019 in [[Trafalgar Square]] defending the rights of [[Extinction Rebellion]] protesters to continue. She was released pending investigation,~~<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49185007\|title=Plastic bag sales in England halved in past year\|work=BBC News\|date=1 August 2019\|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>~~ and later was one of the claimants to challenge the legality of the Section 14 order under which she was arrested. On 6 November 2019 the High Court ruled this blanket use of Section 14 by the Metropolitan Police was unlawful.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50316561\|title=Extinction Rebellion: High Court rules London protest ban unlawful\|work=BBC News\|date=6 November 2019\|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> Chowns declined to sue the Metropolitan Police for unlawful arrest, but declared the ruling to be a "victory for the right to peaceful assembly and protest, two cornerstones of our democracy".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://elliechownsmep.org.uk/news/high-court-rules-against-met-ban-of-protest\|title=High Court rules against Met ban of protest\|website=Ellie Chowns MEP\|date=11 November 2019\|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> == Personal life ==

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