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Keir Mather vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 328 different votes 338 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 23 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
43 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
23 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
524
+380.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
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
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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