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Jess Asato vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 244 different votes 257 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
11 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
25 Aye 41 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
25 Aye 41 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
227
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
238
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 577 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

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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 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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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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