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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,294 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,229 different votes 1,294 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
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
60 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
104 Aye 57 No
19 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 57 shared votes
41 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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