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Jess Phillips vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,198 different votes 1,250 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
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
16 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
108 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 172 shared votes
67 Aye 105 No
55 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 116 shared votes
61 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 152 shared votes
49 Aye 103 No
27 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
702
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
223
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
10
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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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