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Chris Bryant vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,151 different votes 1,211 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
40 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
10 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
49 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 97 shared votes
50 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 148 shared votes
44 Aye 104 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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