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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Dan Carden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,065 different votes 1,119 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 10 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
47 Aye 25 No
Migration 7% aligned 72 shared votes
22 Aye 50 No
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
51 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 93 shared votes
44 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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