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Chris Law vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 898 different votes 965 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
93 Aye 55 No
Tax 26% aligned 148 shared votes
48 Aye 100 No
7 Aye 13 No
Energy 25% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

52.5 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 648
Participation
72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 372 of 648
1,214
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,312 eligible divisions
671
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
767
45.7 % of votes cast
543
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
913
54.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 648
Appearances
64
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 648
66
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 648
Contributions
87
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Migration
136 of 169 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Trade
61 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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