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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,202 different votes 1,258 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
15 Aye 21 No
Benefits 8% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
66 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
107 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 110 No
Tax 0% aligned 164 shared votes
110 Aye 54 No
33 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Appearances
69
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 649
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
84
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
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
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