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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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 Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 251 different votes 255 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
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 464 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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