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Richard Burgon vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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

Photograph of Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,417 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,346 different votes 1,417 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
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 176 shared votes
71 Aye 105 No
65 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 129 shared votes
68 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 38 No
Trade 0% aligned 75 shared votes
38 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
45
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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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
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
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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