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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Derek Twigg voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 988 different votes 1,045 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
49 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 98 shared votes
50 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 23 No
Migration 6% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
51 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 143 shared votes
96 Aye 47 No
5 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 99 No
Tax 0% aligned 147 shared votes
99 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 25 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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