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Mary Kelly Foy vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 779 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 741 different votes 779 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
5 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
30 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 45 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
9 Aye 22 No
Transport 3% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
6 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,101
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
559
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
542
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
70
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
0
0 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

Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
58 of 70 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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