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Dr Peter Prinsley vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Dr Peter Prinsley
Dr Peter Prinsley
Lab Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Dr Peter Prinsley and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 305 different votes 309 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
12% above average
Rank 112 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 378 of 650
530
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,743
2,417 eligible divisions
268
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
801
46.0% of votes cast
262
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
942
54.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

200
+105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
152
+57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
287
+122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 650
Contributions
190
+25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£206,728
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£206,728
9% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
86 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API