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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Hilary Benn

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 Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,397 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,332 different votes 1,397 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
72 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 177 shared votes
108 Aye 69 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 27 No
Transport 4% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
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