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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Mr Toby Perkins

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 Mr Toby Perkins
Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,313 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,248 different votes 1,313 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
20 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 50 shared votes
34 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
68 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
62 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 118 shared votes
56 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 104 No
Tax 0% aligned 159 shared votes
104 Aye 55 No
30 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% 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
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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
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 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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 Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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