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Lucy Powell vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,125 different votes 1,184 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
35 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
106 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 154 shared votes
50 Aye 104 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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
67 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
51 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
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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