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Justin Madders vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Lab Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Justin Madders and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,429 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,429 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
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
101 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 169 shared votes
70 Aye 99 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
37 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 75 shared votes
38 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,942
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
875
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
117
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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

£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£299,970
33% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
2 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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Migration
152 of 171 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 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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