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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,568 shared comparable votes.

1,563 same votes 5 different votes 1,568 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
61 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
61 Aye 134 No
78 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
78 Aye 40 No
42 Aye 41 No
Trade 100% aligned 83 shared votes
42 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 34 No
Housing 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 33 No
Transport 99% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
75 Aye 119 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 194 shared votes
73 Aye 121 No
62 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 120 shared votes
61 Aye 59 No
61 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
61 Aye 134 No

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

Voting record

72.6 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 649
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 649
1,713
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,361 eligible divisions
785
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
943
47.7 % of votes cast
928
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,034
52.3 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Appearances
45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
161
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No rebel
draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 11 Jul 2022
Transport
Aye
Aye rebel
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sep 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye rebel
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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