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Melanie Onn vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Melanie Onn and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 691 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 653 different votes 691 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
15 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 20% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
83 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 123 shared votes
45 Aye 78 No
22 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 134 shared votes
49 Aye 85 No
16 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
214
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
222
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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

£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£201,216
11% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Tax
94 of 112 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
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
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 1 (McGinn) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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