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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Ben Maguire voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

179 same votes 50 different votes 229 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
0 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 95% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 67% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API