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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Dr Simon Opher

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 278 different votes 282 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
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 202 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
52.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 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
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API