Compare

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 447 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 439 different votes 447 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 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 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 374 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,689
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
774
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
915
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Appearances
56
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
93
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Contributions
443
+325.0 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Trade
83 of 88 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Defence
59 of 64 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API