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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 476 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 468 different votes 476 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 67 shared votes
54 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 380 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
1,734
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
799
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
935
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Appearances
64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
182
+25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Contributions
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
86 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
Aye
Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) 13 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API