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Andy McDonald vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,331 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,263 different votes 1,331 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
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 176 shared votes
71 Aye 105 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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