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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Catherine West

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 Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,263 different votes 1,318 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
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 38 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
40 Aye 14 No
61 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 115 shared votes
56 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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