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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 855 different votes 896 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
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 24 No
Transport 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 62 No
Migration 3% aligned 93 shared votes
59 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
14
1.1% 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

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
61 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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