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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,440 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,373 different votes 1,440 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
71 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 176 shared votes
108 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 39 No
Education 4% aligned 55 shared votes
41 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 59 shared votes
34 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
157
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
668
+524.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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