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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Liz Kendall voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,194 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,131 different votes 1,194 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 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
70 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 178 shared votes
111 Aye 67 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 98 No
Tax 0% aligned 141 shared votes
98 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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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