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Kevin Bonavia vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Kevin Bonavia
Kevin Bonavia
Lab Stevenage
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Kevin Bonavia and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 302 different votes 306 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
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 107 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
521
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,405 eligible divisions
268
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
46.1% of votes cast
253
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
935
53.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

82
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
146
+57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
101
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
Contributions
182
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£180,036
20% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#5
Trade
86 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API