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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Chris Hinchliff

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 Chris Hinchliff
Chris Hinchliff
Lab North East Hertfordshire

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Chris Hinchliff voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 280 different votes 287 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
255
49.8% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
257
50.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% 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
119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
139
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£174,907
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£174,907
23% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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