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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,126 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,080 different votes 1,126 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
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 47 shared votes
34 Aye 13 No
61 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 162 shared votes
106 Aye 56 No
64 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
28 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 93 No
Tax 0% aligned 139 shared votes
93 Aye 46 No
18 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 24 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
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