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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,325 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,254 different votes 1,325 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
13 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
60 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 115 shared votes
56 Aye 59 No
106 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 172 shared votes
67 Aye 105 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
14
5 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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