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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 148 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 145 different votes 148 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
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
0 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.6 %
same as average
Rank 368 of 649
Participation
45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 628 of 649
1,708
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
258
568 eligible divisions
782
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
114
44.2 % of votes cast
926
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
144
55.8 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

116
+40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Appearances
39
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
131
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Contributions
172
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 111 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API