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Rachel Hopkins vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 950 different votes 985 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 11 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 24 No
Transport 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 63 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
49 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 106 shared votes
56 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
2
2 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

Housing
53 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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