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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,381 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,315 different votes 1,381 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 35 No
Education 9% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
71 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 174 shared votes
106 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 24 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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