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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Douglas McAllister

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 Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 298 different votes 315 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
264
50.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
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
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