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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Alex Burghart voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,423 shared comparable votes.

1,418 same votes 5 different votes 1,423 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
59 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
59 Aye 111 No
69 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
69 Aye 40 No
37 Aye 43 No
Trade 100% aligned 80 shared votes
37 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 32 No
Defence 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
19 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 30 No
Transport 98% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
72 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 179 shared votes
70 Aye 109 No
56 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 117 shared votes
55 Aye 62 No
59 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
59 Aye 111 No

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

Voting record

72.6 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 649
Participation
85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
1,713
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,106 eligible divisions
785
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
48.2 % of votes cast
928
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
931
51.8 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
161
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Contributions
132
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Order Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 18 Oct 2022
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No rebel
draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 11 Jul 2022
Transport
Aye
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye rebel
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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