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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,652 shared comparable votes.

1,606 same votes 46 different votes 1,652 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
66 Aye 147 No
Tax 100% aligned 213 shared votes
66 Aye 147 No
31 Aye 33 No
Defence 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 30 No
Benefits 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 29 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 89% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
40 Aye 43 No
Trade 95% aligned 83 shared votes
38 Aye 45 No
28 Aye 43 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 71 shared votes
25 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 24 No
Housing 96% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
79 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 203 shared votes
77 Aye 126 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 370 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,748
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
803
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
945
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
195
+28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Housing
63 of 68 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API