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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,480 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,411 different votes 1,480 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
64 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 128 shared votes
65 Aye 63 No
33 Aye 32 No
Transport 5% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 72 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
70 Aye 37 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 56 shared votes
17 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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: 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
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
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
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 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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