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Emma Lewell vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,274 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,196 different votes 1,274 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
45 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 10% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
100 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 160 shared votes
66 Aye 94 No
55 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 103 shared votes
51 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 69 No
Migration 4% aligned 96 shared votes
67 Aye 29 No
38 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 37 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
37 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
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