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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 462 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 454 different votes 462 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 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 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

72.4%
1% above average
Rank 363 of 649
Participation
28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
1,714
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
2,368 eligible divisions
786
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
382
56.8% of votes cast
928
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
291
43.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

135
+55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
585
+445.6 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£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
5
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
37 of 66 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
47 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
35 of 95 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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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