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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs James Murray

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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and James Murray voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 862 different votes 896 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
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 10 No
Transport 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
60 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 94 shared votes
31 Aye 63 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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