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Andrew Western vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 415 different votes 429 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 24 No
Migration 8% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 3% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
298
+154.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API