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Nigel Farage vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 100 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 2 different votes 100 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
13 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
1 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 373 of 649
6
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,368 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
45.9% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
928
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
135
+55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
No topic data
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
No topic data
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
No topic data
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
No topic data
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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