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Graham Stringer vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 1,036 shared comparable votes.

140 same votes 896 different votes 1,036 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 60 No
Brexit / EU 63% aligned 105 shared votes
42 Aye 63 No
18 Aye 30 No
Transport 13% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 24 No
Trade 8% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
14% below average
Rank 577 of 649
Participation
72.4%
1% above average
Rank 363 of 649
1,366
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,368 eligible divisions
683
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
45.9% of votes cast
683
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
928
54.1% of votes cast
112
8.2% 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

57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
135
+55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
43
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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