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Dr Rupa Huq vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,290 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,235 different votes 1,290 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
39 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
50 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
64 Aye 49 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 60 No
Tax 0% aligned 156 shared votes
60 Aye 96 No
37 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
961
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
793
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
15
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
58
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
Contributions
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
3 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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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: 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
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
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
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 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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