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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,007 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 946 different votes 1,007 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
7 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
96 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 147 shared votes
54 Aye 93 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 37 No
Migration 5% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 128 shared votes
45 Aye 83 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 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
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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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