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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Ian Lavery

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,362 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,301 different votes 1,362 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
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
64 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
108 Aye 61 No
62 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 116 shared votes
54 Aye 62 No
12 Aye 38 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
40 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
34 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API