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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Jo Platt voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 567 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 542 different votes 567 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
8 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 21% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 3 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
39 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 109 shared votes
71 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 72 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
182
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Contributions
54
-91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
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
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 1 (McGinn) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API